Rich and Poor- sizes...

[blakeyboy]

Many many years ago, the rich were fat, and the poor were thin.

Now it's the other way round.

 

There must have been a point when they were the same size....when?

[Peckris 2]

On 9/30/2022 at 12:18 PM, blakeyboy said:

Many many years ago, the rich were fat, and the poor were thin.

Now it's the other way round.

Many years ago, the rich dined on horrendous fatty protein-rich diets, and spurned vegetables and most fruit. Hence they were fat. The poor couldn't afford to eat enough to keep body and soul together, so they were thin.

Now, the poor have to fill up with cheap carbs, e.g. pasta and spuds, so they get fat. The rich can afford healthy gourmet diets so while not thin exactly, they don't have the obesity levels of the poor.

I imagine they were more or less the same size during the War.

[Rob]

Enforced dieting due to rationing is a good bet.

O/w I was going to say the onset of wholesale indulgence in fast food in the 70s and 80s following an explosion of outlets, as it coincided with a large uptick in general affluence leading to more car use, i.e. less exercise by the general public. An increasingly academic curriculum in schools resulted in less physical activity across all age ranges, and by the end of the 80s, computers and games were becoming mainstream which compounded the inactivity. 

[alfnail]

On 9/30/2022 at 2:18 PM, blakeyboy said:

There must have been a point when they were the same size....when?

When Uranus was in total eclipse by a full moon whilst in Libra. 

[copper123]

Prob during the second world war winny was a exception

[blakeyboy]

On 10/3/2022 at 7:21 AM, alfnail said:

When Uranus was in total eclipse by a full moon whilst in Libra. 

...but only when parallel with the Earth's axis.

 

I've got a feeling it's somewhere just after WW2 when rationing was still going.

It's not the good carbs that get kids fat - it's the processed crap......

[Peckris 2]

3 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

It's not the good carbs that get kids fat - it's the processed crap......

Yeah that's true. But even 'good carbs' (rice, potatoes, bread) can be served in poor forms, such as oven chips and sliced white loaves.