[metmom]

We need to go back to the 50s, 60s, and 70s where being fat was the exception rather than the rule. Every time I look at photos from back then the contrast is stark. There were maybe 1 or 2 overweight kids in my school classes, I had a shop teacher we called “Fat Rabbit”, but most people were of normal weight and were not obese.

I saw some pictures online a while ago of Jackie Gleason on The Honeymooners.

I remember back in those days, when the show was airing, thinking how disgustingly fat he was. When I recently saw those pictures, I thought that by today's standards he wasn't bad.

It was a bit of a shock to realize how acclimated we have become to fat people.

[JohnnyP]

I had exactly the same reaction.

[Rusty0604]

So true. I don’t remember any really fat people in high school. By the time my boys were teens, I’d drop them off to high school and be amazed at how many fat kids there.
They made us do more physical ed when I was in school.