Why were people so skinny in the 70s?

[CasaNorba]

is it me? I mean did America not suffer from obesity in the 70s? every time I see pictures, videos, movies etc from the 70s, people in those days seem to look like skeletons. if I am right, was this because of the trend in those days; tight disco attires etc. or did the disco era did do a big impact on peoples life those days; with all those crazy nonstop dancing, etc

[BoobMan]

It was a magical time in the 70s between the Sexual Revolution in the 60s and AIDS in the 80s. So people pretty much spent the decade going at it like rabbits. And you had to be in at least decent shape if any evening you could be having sex with someone new. Plus with all those awful polyester clothes going on, people pretty much preferred to be naked anyway. . .

[taster]

Because we all smoked pot and popped speed...(:(:(:

[madmisskelly]

Keep in mind that portion sizes since the 70s have nearly tripled.

So literally, they were eating much less.

[sweet_18]

That's the secret! We need to cut down on portion size!

[madmisskelly]

Yuppp

[MyThoughts]

people danced all the time even in their sleep, lost weight like crazy

[Deft_maiden]

Food was not dupersized. Less junk/ processed food and sugar

[Deft_maiden]

Supersized** damn auto correct lol

[kheserthorpe]

They were also quite skinny in the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s ...

[Anonymous]

People ate better. There wasn't so much high-fructose corn syrup in everything.