Kids in the past. I remember my childhood well. There were always the token fat kids, but the overwhelming majority of us were hard. Some were skinny, some huskier of build, but we were mostly lean and tough. We ran or biked everywhere, played pickup football games, jumped our bikes off of ledges, or just straight up fought each other for dominance, fun, or just to release energy. My mother fed me very high protein and fat heavy meals with lots of carbs to fuel my near insane caloric requirements, but sugar cereals and were a hard no - no until I was in my later teens. My father would bestow a cold soda on me if I'd worked one of my many physically demanding chores, but only then. I used to climb evergreens that were so tall, that I'd look down on the roof of a two story house. Not to mention the constant boating and swimming in the summer. We all had a life literally defined by levels of physical activity that would have made most adults puke. and this was a whole town full of these kids. This was normal Now, I see fat, drugged up children with drooling idiot expressions, obese neglectful parents, and a soda in every hand. It's the new silent generation, one hundred years after the first one. And it makes me want to kill myself, but for the fact that my children are all like I was then.  And that makes life worth living.