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Re:Why Were Victorian Elites So Effective? by pjc50 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:46AM (#50003777)
Walking everywhere. Mass obesity (there's always been a few obese people among elites everywhere!) is a product of the motorcar.

Also, food unevenly distributed across the day. Any one individual probably wouldn't have a large breakfast and elevenses and a large lunch and afternoon tea and a large dinner, on every single day. Even if you can find examples of each of those separately.

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Re:Why Were Victorian Elites So Effective? by 010ED67913 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:09AM (#50006009)
mass obesity is a product of people eating unhealthy. i have access to plenty of luxuries compared to the rest of the world, and even America, yet my BMI is about ~20. individuals are responsible for being fat.
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Re:Why Were Victorian Elites So Effective? by amanaplanacanal on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:07AM (#50006752)
If by individuals you mean the individuals stocking the supermarkets with ultraprocessed foods, maybe.
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Re:Why Were Victorian Elites So Effective? by amanaplanacanal on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:06AM (#50006733)
The timing doesn't work. In the US, obesity didn't start taking off until the 1970s and 1980s, and the motorcar was ubiquitous long before that.
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