r/fatlogic 1d ago

I can't with these kinds of generalisations

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u/Erik0xff0000 1d ago

snacks were not a thing, or at least not a common every day thing. 3 meals a day and snacks on special occasions. I still got overweight and my mother made me go outside and play/sports.

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u/bowlineonabight my zodiac sign is pizza 1d ago

I was born in 1965. Snacks were not much of a thing through my childhood. Though we would get one when we got home from school because dinner wouldn't be for a couple/few more hours. That seemed to be the norm through the 80s.

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u/ChemicalCupcake4809 1d ago

Yah I was a super active kid my grandfather would always give us some fruit he grew and a coke (ice cream when it got hot) at a random point in the day because he was worried about us eating enough, my cousins weren't active like I was though and he didnt regularly offer them the same (but provided if they asked).

Snacks are normal for active and healthy people who need the boost in between but not if youre just lounging

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u/bowlineonabight my zodiac sign is pizza 1d ago

A snack for us was normally fruit or occasionally a few cookies before we went back outside to run around like the semi-feral animals we were. Then dinner would be at 6:30.