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I would actually say that being overweight is more and more accepted as people are growing bigger. People in their 20s are much bigger than they were say 15 years ago and now someone who is called fat is borderline obese. And at the same time people who are skinny are called anorexic.
Women dress size 10 is bigger than it was a few years ago and is really different depending on the shops you go to.
In our society we have completely disregarded farming. It is shocking to learn that our fruit and vegetables contain around 50% less vitamins than they did in the 1950s.
It is really sad to think that children used to suffer of starvation in the UK until recently and now that we are a richer society they are ill because they are fed too much crap.
A friend of mine who is a pediatric nurse told me that a lot of young children as young as two are treated for constipation...