Why Were We So Skinny In The 1960s? [Nutrition Secrets From The Past]
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Today I'm sharing why people had a lower rate of obesity in the 1960s vs the 2020s.
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0:00 intro
0:45 nutrition guidelines
1:09 meat intake
1:53 calories are up
3:21 sponsor
4:27 home cooked meals
6:55 limited access to UPF
8:02 accidentally active
10:04 more sleep
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We live in a cesspool of chemicals nowadays.
There was also a lot less snacking between meals back then.
I think we have high calorie drinks served in mega cups. As kids we drank water or milk at meals. No pop.
Yeah, or if we did get a Coke, it was one of those little 8 oz curvy bottles, and it seemed like a normal amount. Also, if we had juice at breakfast, it was a little 4-6 oz glass of it.
Also seed oils were not yet popular. Crisco was a miracle bc it didn’t harden for use in cookies & pies, we just didn’t realize how bad for us all margarine & seed oils are.
Portion size! 1960s muffins were about a third of the size of the monsters that you buy now
I loved kick the can! The whole block would play
Who knew kick the can was so popular! I’m going to have to tell my mom!
I haven’t watched the video yet but I was just talking to my husband about this very thing. I’m guessing… we ate at home most of the time… eating out was a special treat and fast food was practically nonexistent. Never were my kids eating mcdonalds for a meal. The other thing i would guess is people eat for many other reasons than hunger these days..stress relief ..boredom etc.. and people overeat… then there’s also the additives and preservatives that have been added..
Even up to the late 90s I’d say we didn’t snack between meals, our portion sizes were smaller, and in my family almost every meal was home cooked. We only got to go to fast food for birthday parties. My parents also did all the work around the house themselves, they didn’t hire out the gardening, cleaning, painting etc and we only had 1 car for 4 people. Most of the time my Dad had it so the rest of us were walking or taking transit. It’s interesting to look back and realize how normal all that was and how few people (even as they aged) were overweight.
I totally agree, and I had a mum that would only let me have candy once a week on a Sunday and if I misbehaved I didn’t even get that Lol, and she would also make sure I went outside for at least 30 minutes a day no matter the weather, even if it was chucking it down with rain usually when her TV programme was on.
@ Yep, we were outside till the street lights came on. Glorious days.
The most important thing was people were eating home made meals vs garbage served at the window
My wife & I. keeping same rules for our household as my wife is home stay
Our two girls 4 & 7 never tasted any of fast food garbage or typical kid snacks yet same way I never did
Definitely gonna keep them away from those habits
Kick the can was a staple in the neighborhood every Friday night!
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Great video! You made lots of interesting points, which I agree with. However, nearly every adult I grew up around smoked to some degree. Some smoked occasionally while others were chain smokers. Smoking replaced snacks for many people and curbed their appetite. If mom was a smoker, the only snacks she served between meals were when she was running low on smokes or was completely out of smokes. 😮
GenX’er here, we always had breakfast usually oatmeal with some fruit, meals were nearly always meat potatoes and vegetables, desert would often be tinned fruit with custard, or condensed milk or squirty cream. Sweets (candy)once a week unless I misbehaved and then no sweets (candy) no cakes, biscuits or snacks kept in the house they were treats, and no eating between meals. I also remember being kicked out of the house every day for at least 30 minutes no matter the weather, and no excuses, I didn’t mind most days and would go out longer but some days it was the last thing I wanted to do lol.
I have turned into my mum, no ready meals, meat and vegetables and fruit of some sort every day, no snacks indoors, I make any deserts we have so I can make healthy versions and know whats in them, no UPF’s, having said that I’m not perfect but I just followed what my mum did, and it now seems that she was onto something and knew more than I gave her credit for when it came to healthy eating and diet.
Mamas were home cooking for their families, and then they started being convinced they were wasting their lives, and needed to enter the workforce. In reality, homemakers have always been the backbone of American families and society. Sorry if I am upsetting anyone
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In addition, we didn’t have foods full of addictive additives and poison.
You’re right. It’s a big part of the problem for a lot of society’s issues today
I was born in the early 70’s and remember being really active as a kid! Breakfast then go play, lunch and dinner was the same. We needed to be busy outside or mom would ‘find’ something to keep us busy😮 in general people sat way less and ate very basic food. Eating out was a rare special occasion
The food was cleaner and the government didn’t hate it’s people? From the 80s on every food it seems has been packaged or sprayed or changed with chemicals that aren’t even allowed in other countries. Thats why people go on holiday overseas and eat bread/pasta and LOSE weight.
Interesting! I was born in ‘62 so this is so true. 😂 the running story, I know my Mother had me in tennis, golf & swimming. Also the fact that there was no technology that kept people sedentary or inside!
Thanks. We always ate at home in the 1960’s because my parents didn’t have the money for our large family to eat out. My dad grew our vegetables and fruits every year too, and my mother canned and froze them for the winter. It was all hands on deck, and we had to work hard during the summer to prepare the fresh vegetables and fruits for preserving.
Rainy days were a bummer during the summer too because we couldn’t play outside.
I buy and make bone broth. Great base for soups.
We ate at home
We had homemade snacks and yes they had sugar fresh lemonade home baked cookies
I’ve never had a weight problem 😊
I was a child in the 1960s. We played outside when possible, riding bikes, group games (think Kick the Can, Cops and Robbers, Hide and Seek, etc) and just running around in the yard. Your mom is right…staying inside on a beautiful day was a punishment. Home cooked meals were the norm. We also didn’t have fast food on every corner, we ate that stuff as a treat once in awhile or while on vacation. We didn’t snack constantly ( ” you will ruin your dinner”) once we were past the age of two. Bedtime actually meant go to bed then, not later, so yeah we got more sleep. My father would watch the news, turn the TV off, and work on a hobby or read a book and we were expected to do the same. We learned a lot about a variety of possible hobbies and interests that way.