why were people so skinny in the 70s?
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Disco Duh!! :drinker:
Saturday Night Fever was the end of civilization as we knew it...........:noway:2 -
Drugs, sex, rock & roll. Not necessarily in that order.2
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Drive thru's were not as prevalent. We eat breakfast at drive thru's lunch at fast food places and even dinner. Families existed earlier years where kids weren't involved in more than one sport in school so dinner was a key staple and parents weren't living in minivans driving through McDonalds to feed the kids constantly. Families ate food made at home that was healthier. Food has become more and more processed, flour and sugar today are different, foods have tons of crap in them now then earlier years. Kids played outside and computers were not in anyone's home to sit in front of. Probably a lot of reaons, but I think the way food has changed for our on-the-go needs is the biggest reason.8
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Clearly it must be the sugarz!
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portion sizes are bigger today - in restaurants AND at home
people are more sedentary - due to TV, video games, etc.
people drive EVERYWHERE - they don't walk (and we schlep our kids everywhere - we don't let THEM walk)
we eat out more often (and pick bad choices - eat and drink more)
since our butts are parked in front of the TV for longer amounts of time, we're more prone to be brainwashed by ads for snack food (crap food) - OR - we're eating that same junk-crap food while watching TV7 -
We were always out walking everywhere, hanging with friends, encouraged to be active in sports and eating healthier. We always had home cooked meals.4
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Very true!0
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Cocaine.
Also nostalgia.5 -
This show is great. (this is part 1, but all 6 parts are there)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIwJYRX4BjU
Its been a couple of years since I watched it, but the gist was that they burned SO many more calories just day-to-day4 -
I think a higher daily activity level was the main reason.
Also, they did have microwaves and processed food by the 1970s. And while high-fructose corn syrup is unhealthy, you can't exactly blame the obesity crisis on one ingredient.10 -
I was a child of the 70s, and the only things I watched on TV were Gilligan's Island and the Monkees. Oh, and Saturday morning cartoons. Besides that, I was either outside or in bed. My mom never knew who's house I was at. Our toys back then took imagination and good old muscle power to make them work.
My nickname in the 70s was toothpick, if that tells you anything. What I wouldn't give to have that nickname again. Now, my nickname is Lucy. I wonder if my husband is saying I am too crabby. Hmmm.....4 -
I was born in 1961 and I can tell you there certainly was junk food and sugary treats. We ate them all the time.
We also worked hard outside and were always walking and running everywhere.
Activity level is the key.9 -
MFP hadn't been invented yet.4
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Drugs... lots of drugs... and sex.3
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Two words:portion size8
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People moved a lot more and EVERYONE over 16 smoked like chimneys!
ETA...this is the same reason women in France are still relatively slim; lots of caffeine and nicotine...12 -
Don't know about anyone else, but we ate a great deal of fat compared to the 80's and beyond, did a lot of recreational drugs & lots and lots of physical activity (again, compared to today).
For the record, I was a child in the 70's but it wasn't unusual for kids to be 10 or 11 yrs old and smoking cigarettes and drinking. Movies like Foxes and Bad News Bears (with Tatum O' Neil) weren't too far off from the truth, at least in Astoria, NY it wasn't.
ETA: our parents saw us in the morning for breakfast & again late in the evening before a bath and bed....we grabbed whatever we could at whomever's house we were at in between...with only like 4 channels, after Saturday morning cartoons, there was nothing else to do but get on out there. Yes, we also walked miles and took our bikes, roller skates or skate boards EVERYWHERE.7 -
Black beauties by the handful.2
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