Mothers stopped homemaking and got careers = fat people.
BINGO, we have a winner!
Hmmm you know, I was a stay at home Mom and we rarely ate out when the kids were growing up. Mine were mostly thin—but some of that was genetics. On the other hand, they did learn pretty good eating habits.
“Mothers stopped homemaking and got careers = fat people.”
You know, this has occured to me before. But not until now have I realized that this is a pretty good explanation for why poorer kids are fatter than the well-off. I chalked it up to poor people making worse choices in general. But it stands to reason that children of lower-middle class to lower-class young single mothers would be fatter than children with two mature parents, possibly with hired help.