Why people are heavier these days

[The Duke]

Because back in the day everybody wore sweat bands and did stuff like this:

 

[jotathought]

I'd also highlight technology advancement that has driven the couch potato syndrome: social media, doom-scrolling, job automation, and smartphones, as well as the helicopter parent community, where children aren't allowed to go out and play anymore like they did in the 1970s and 80s and come back home when the streetlights came on.

 

[The Duke]

I'd also highlight technology advancement that has driven the couch potato syndrome: social media, doom-scrolling, job automation, and smartphones, as well as the helicopter parent community, where children aren't allowed to go out and play anymore like they did in the 1970s and 80s and come back home when the streetlights came on.

All of those are factors. Especially the phones/tablets.