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You say "country has declined" but you fail to state your views on stuff like:
1. Corporate control of foods - you do know that fast foods hardly existed back then? Should government regulate size and calorie count, nutrition, etc. of marketed foods?
2. Corporate and lobbying power to the Government itself - you do know that the cattle industry and dairy industry changed the "healthy food" recommendations many times over the years...now you are blaming citizens for taking the advice given to them by (paid-off) public health officials.
3. No limits - food is essentially a drug...fats, sugars, etc - per calorie, the worst calories are the cheapest. Do you support size limits on Big Gulps, 64oz sodas (more than a days calories in one), etc.????
Those same people in the photos would be fatties today if they lived in the same corporate controlled environment most of us live in.
The ONLY real difference is what they eat.
Along with this, produce has gone downhill too. Most kinds you see in the store are chosen based on qualitied like how they ship and store. Taste is an afterthought. Doesn't help inspire people to eat them.
High fructose corn syrup is shoved into so many products. Not just obvious things like sweets and sodas...so many things. Hard to avoid, especially on a budget. I enjoyed the soda over in Italy and the desserts weren't as sweet. America in general has a massive sweet tooth.
Americans in general look absolutely gross compared to back then. Not saying I am the best looking person but collectively it's strange how far America has fallen since back then.
So many average looking people back then would be better looking than today's super models. Lack of words for how good looking Americans used to be.
Will be interesting if trends continue by 2030 what America will look like then. Obesity and ailments associated with it are likely to cause healthcare infrastructure to collapse in a decade.
I have to say I was in a book place looking at books that showcased pictures of large gathering events from generations ago and I almost couldn't believe how I saw maybe two people considered obese by today's standards from browsing multiple books.
I also notice in historical photos how feminine women looked back then and how masculine men looked.
I must have looked at 20-30 books of different cities in the early 20th century that had pictures of gatherings and out of 1,000 or so people that I have must have seen, only a few were obese.
Even in the last 20 years people look much different now. People look very, very rough and tattered these days in general.
Run of the mill people a century ago in their 20s and 30s were better looking than today's celebrities. I almost gasped how much the country has declined.
200 pounds back then was like 350-400 pounds today. It's very sad honestly.
I can only imagine how people who visit from countries like Japan must think when they come here.
There have been times as a 5 foot 11 inch and 170 pound guy that I feel like a some of a freak these days as sometimes I will be one of only a few non-obese people in a large gathering.
Obesity is more prevalent in less educated, poor areas. You live in Texas. You'd not be out of place in my area where most people are fit and slim. You rarely see huge, morbidly obese people. They would stick out. Move to the coast or places like Colorado.
They certainly did dress nicer than people today!!
Ive looked at old pictures from that time, and even during the hot summer months, men would wear suits, ties, and coats if they were going somewhere in public, (in their free time, off work), nowadays, people will just wear shorts, tshirts, flip flops, etc, there is no concern for how they are dressed, its ALL about comfort level.
Obesity is more prevalent in less educated, poor areas. You live in Texas. You'd not be out of place in my area where most people are fit and slim. You rarely see huge, morbidly obese people. They would stick out. Move to the coast or places like Colorado.
I noticed that when I was in Denver. Very few obese people up there. Here in OKC, it's probably almost half.
Americans in general look absolutely gross compared to back then. Not saying I am the best looking person but collectively it's strange how far America has fallen since back then.
So many average looking people back then would be better looking than today's super models. Lack of words for how good looking Americans used to be.
Will be interesting if trends continue by 2030 what America will look like then. Obesity and ailments associated with it are likely to cause healthcare infrastructure to collapse in a decade.
I have to say I was in a book place looking at books that showcased pictures of large gathering events from generations ago and I almost couldn't believe how I saw maybe two people considered obese by today's standards from browsing multiple books.
I also notice in historical photos how feminine women looked back then and how masculine men looked.
I must have looked at 20-30 books of different cities in the early 20th century that had pictures of gatherings and out of 1,000 or so people that I have must have seen, only a few were obese.
Even in the last 20 years people look much different now. People look very, very rough and tattered these days in general.
Run of the mill people a century ago in their 20s and 30s were better looking than today's celebrities. I almost gasped how much the country has declined.
200 pounds back then was like 350-400 pounds today. It's very sad honestly.
I can only imagine how people who visit from countries like Japan must think when they come here.
There have been times as a 5 foot 11 inch and 170 pound guy that I feel like a some of a freak these days as sometimes I will be one of only a few non-obese people in a large gathering.
Oh, dear - I don't see anyone who is ugly in the pictures from Scripps College in 2016 at all.
You are cherry picking pictures of gatherings as opposed to people wearing everyday clothing and going about their daily business. Also, you are cherry picking people who are in their 20s and I think that those people are just as good looking today as they ever were.
Obesity is more prevalent in less educated, poor areas. You live in Texas. You'd not be out of place in my area where most people are fit and slim. You rarely see huge, morbidly obese people. They would stick out. Move to the coast or places like Colorado.
I am from Colorado and have been to California many, many times.
I would say the healthiest looking people based on just being in different neighborhoods were Flagstaff, Boulder, Eastside of Salt Lake City, Provo, Tempe and Gilbert, Arizona.
Colorado has an obesity rate of 22% which is the lowest in the country. But that it mainly because of the Interstate 70 corridor plus Boulder and Fort Collins.
You have those three areas which combined have around a million or so which have such low rates of obesity and other ailments that they really make the numbers look good. Colorado has massive health disparities with-in the state from county to county.
The obesity rate in Colorado for 45 to 64 is 27%.
If it weren't for a high percentage of very physically active seniors, Boulder, Fort Collins and the higher-elevation mountain communities then Colorado would look totally different statistically.
Colorado has alot of very healthy small communities but it comprises less than a quarter of the state's population. But, I would say places like Summit, Eagle, Boulder counties are some of the healthiest counties in America but much of the state is not like that at all.
Parts of inner-city Denver have had alot of fitness oriented people move in it seems which is good, but much of metro Denver that isn't touristy, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Greeley really isn't impressive overall when it comes to things like eating healthy and working out.
I have been in the Bay Area and I will say in general people the obesity rate seems far lower than other places even in California.
Los Angeles has many areas that have extremely high obesity rates, the Westside and beach cities are the exception to the rule. They have micro-areas that people are into healthy behaviors but in much of LA based on observations is a very unhealthy place.
In general though I do agree that the Bay Area has a very high percentage of fit people compared to other parts of California and the nation.
The girls in the OP had a 1000 different noses and thin lips.
Yuck, if I were single today and had to date women that looked like these, I would pass.
I worked many years abroad and got tired of the generalization that all Americans are fat and did something about it....we all should.
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