Although fast food and packaged foods and TV dinners have been around for more than just a little while, their WHOLESALE usage by the American public has greatly increased in the last 20/30 years. My family has worked in the grocery store business for many years and the freezer section is one of the fastest growing and largest sections of the market place today - where as, 30/40 years ago, it was only one aisle. So this is part of the problem.
The fact that more and more people live in the city or a “burb” environment which has limited space for the kids to run and play has contributed.
The fact that abductions have increased steadily, by which more and more parents won’t allow their kids out of their own yard has contributed.
The fact that EVERY person’s metabolism is different and until you know yours, then you should be moderate in your intake of foods creates problems.
The fact that more and more families get 90+% of their food from cans and bags instead of home canning and home baking which was the norm until the late-seventies contributes.
The fact that more families are two working-parent families, so the kids are not cooked home meals, are not taken to the park or outside on a regular basis is part of the problem.
These are ALL parts of the problem and there are many which I did not list. There is no ONE problem which has created the situation we are in. And until and unless we address ALL of these issues, complaining or OUTLAWING hi-fructose corn syrup or urban sprawl or any ONE problem is NOT going to solve this problem.
Bottom line: make your own food, eat moderately and exercise moderately (or better) and your weight will be okay!
“The fact that more and more families get 90+% of their food from cans and bags instead of home canning and home baking which was the norm until the late-seventies contributes.
The fact that more families are two working-parent families, so the kids are not cooked home meals, are not taken to the park or outside on a regular basis is part of the problem.”
If the feminist movement hadn’t basically forced women to work outside of the home, families would remain traditional and mothers would have enough time and energy to focus on their husbands’ and kids’ diets and overall wellbeing. But women bought into the scam, and then their husbands did because the reponsibility to be “provider” was off them. Breaking down the family unit has always helped the liberal movement.