When I began teaching high school in 1999 (a late in life career change, my own kids were already grown) one of the things I noticed right away was all of the belly fat on the girls. EVEN THE ACTIVE ONES who played sports, drill team, cheerleader, etc. I know there is something going on beyond simply eating more and being less active (both also not good). When I was growing up, few girls had the same type of fat bellies, even the fat ones. I don’t know if it’s something like HFCS or hormones in the meat and milk. I simply don’t know, but I think it warrants further investigation. I know conservatives don’t like to think about these things, but we are not immune to problems caused by changes in diet just because we are conservative.
Humans have only eaten a modern diet for a short period of time. We may eventually adjust to it (those who cannot tolerate will die off and/or not reproduce at a very high rate). Maybe. However, we know what we are designed to eat, so I don’t know why we insist on eating things that are suspect, unless and until we know for sure they are not harmful.
Soy is a phytoestrogen. That’s fine if you eat little soy, but now soy is in everything. I’ve done a lot of research on my polycystic ovarian syndrome, and I’ve tried to cut out as many phyto- and xenoestrogens as I can. The girls with the slim figures and guts, I would bet they have extremely irregular periods and aren’t ovulating due to what you mentioned and what I’ve just written.