Why people were skinny in the 70's

[Darkwind]

Yes, we were active and outside more in the 70's We ate (mostly) real/whole food.

This is the actual answer.

We ate whole foods, and there were little to no processed foods like today. At least, not the ultra-processed.

 

[rightwinger]

Fat kids grew into fat adults

 

[odanny]

Sedentary lifestyles (video games and computers) + processed food is responsible, but mainly its the food

Go to countries where they cook real food daily and you won't see the same waistlines.

 

[Muhammed]

These things began to change long before the 1970's. By the mid 1950's most had tv's. The result was that the streets were empty of kids playing outside after supper. We were all watching television. Sweet soda and candy bars were wreaking havoc on dental health as early as the 1940's. Salty/fat snacks were everywhere as well. Soda pop dispensers were everywhere, and cheap as well. I recall 5 cent bottled soft drinks. On a hot summer days, we would guzzle several. That said we were still much more active than kids today.

Back then soybeans were not part of the American diet. A fraction of 1%.

Now GMO soybeans are the #1 source of calories in the American diet.

That is huge change in the American diet. And it's had horrifying results.

 

[odanny]

It's pretty much criminal what Big Ag is doing to our food supply, loading it up with highly palatable processed foods that do not create a sense of satiety, by design. They want you eating more food, not less.

 

[Woodznutz]

Back then soybeans were not part of the American diet. A fraction of 1%.

Now GMO soybeans are the #1 source of calories in the American diet.

That is huge change in the American diet. And it's had horrifying results.

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[Muhammed]

A lot of goofy foods are made from soybeans.

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A lot of other non-traditional stuff is made with ultra-processed GMO soybean oil and soy protein isolates.

Cookies, chips, fried chicken, french fries, tater tots, frozen pizza, fake meat, imitation cheese etc. etc..

Hell, Obama even put it in school lunches.

 

[Concerned American]

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Yes.

When I was a kid, chips and candy and pop were rare luxuries. Mostly, we had to earn the money for whatever candy and pop we wanted. Even Kool-Aid was a luxury. Potato chips were on our table for Independence day barbecues and summer birthday parties, and for the crushed up topping on tuna casserole.

Dinner at grandma's was a treat because she usually had dessert.

I look at my fourth grade class photo, and there are two students out of 25 or 30 who were "heavy", and definitely not obese.

And yes, playing baseball and kickball, and riding our bikes was a constant when the weather allowed it.

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Wow, you got tater chips on your tuna casserole? My mom used cornflakes.

 

[Concerned American]

Because fatties (young women) didn't look good in halter tops.

And Hot Pants.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Cut out all of the sugar and snacks

 

[Darkwind]

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If you don't mind eating the estrogen.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

We stayed outside.
We only had toys and games for inside play because of winter or bad weather.
Even in winter, if it wasn't "doing something" outside, we still stayed outside as long as possible.

Junk food was "special occassion" food, not daily meals.
Candy was a rare thing. Kids had to find a way to get the money to buy a candy bar or soda. It wasn't something that was kept in the house.

We had two choices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner........EAT IT OR DON'T. What was on the table was what wass available.

Personally, my mother was a greedmongering *****. She didn't give a shit about me. I never had lunch at school, because she never gave me money for it or made me lunch to take to school. So the only time I ate was after she got home from work. And even then, she cooked stuff she knew I hated. So most of the time I never ate.

That was just something I got used to. And that, along with being outside as long as I could be......just to be out of her house of horrors, was enough to keep me skinny.

 

[Woodznutz]

A lot of other non-traditional stuff is made with ultra-processed GMO soybean oil and soy protein isolates.

Cookies, chips, fried chicken, french fries, tater tots, frozen pizza, fake meat, imitation cheese etc. etc..

Hell, Obama even put it in school lunches.

All that said soybeans are a very nutritional food. Our problem isn't so much what we eat but how, when, and how much.

 

[Concerned American]

We stayed outside.
We only had toys and games for inside play because of winter or bad weather.
Even in winter, if it wasn't "doing something" outside, we still stayed outside as long as possible.

Junk food was "special occassion" food, not daily meals.
Candy was a rare thing. Kids had to find a way to get the money to buy a candy bar or soda. It wasn't something that was kept in the house.

We had two choices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner........EAT IT OR DON'T. What was on the table was what wass available.

Personally, my mother was a greedmongering *****. She didn't give a shit about me. I never had lunch at school, because she never gave me money for it or made me lunch to take to school. So the only time I ate was after she got home from work. And even then, she cooked stuff she knew I hated. So most of the time I never ate.

That was just something I got used to. And that, along with being outside as long as I could be......just to be out of her house of horrors, was enough to keep me skinny.

I think about our lunches growing up and I can't believe I was ALWAYS underweight. The sack lunch I carried daily was 2 meat sandwiches, a PB&J, sometimes carrots or celery or a pickled egg, 2 cookies and an orange or apple and of course a 3 cent carton of milk.

 

[Woodznutz]

If you don't mind eating the estrogen.

I've always wanted a nice set of boobs.

 

[Concerned American]

All that said soybeans are a very nutritional food. Our problem isn't so much what we eat but how, when, and how much.

The bottom line is a person has to burn the same number of calories as they consume.

 

[Lockback]

I know one thing: back in the Seventies, I burned off a whole lot of calories.
I'll leave it to your imagination as to how I accomplished that.

 

[Concerned American]

I've always wanted a nice set of boobs.

I met a girl that was walking with a couple of goofs that said that.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

I think about our lunches growing up and I can't believe I was ALWAYS underweight. The sack lunch I carried daily was 2 meat sandwiches, a PB&J, sometimes carrots or celery or a pickled egg, 2 cookies and an orange or apple and of course a 3 cent carton of milk.

Yeah, but did you stay outside all the time?
If you did, thats why. You burned it all off before getting home after school.......or before dinner every night.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

I know one thing: back in the Seventies, I burned off a whole lot of calories.
I'll leave it to your imagination as to how I accomplished that.