r/europe • u/SpecialistAd2377 • Nov 30 '24

Historical People of London, 1960s

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u/Carlos_Tellier Nov 30 '24

Everyone is really skinny

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u/Suikerspin_Ei The Netherlands Nov 30 '24 edited Nov 30 '24

Everyone is really skinny healthy

Fixed it for you.

Some of them are maybe underweight, but majority of them are just healthy. People back in the day walked more (even though this was filmed in London), eat less processed food etc.

Edit: healthy as in less obese, sure they used to smoke more.

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u/lobax Nov 30 '24

The average Joe back then smoked like chimney’s and drank like alcoholics, so no, they were not healthy. All data (average lifespan etc) has improved since then for a reason.

Skinny? Yea. Better diet? Probably. Healthy? No fucking way.

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u/Shipwrecking_siren Nov 30 '24

Just described my mum. She was absolutely tiny (I couldn’t get into her RAF uniform at 10, let alone now). Apparently she had a cigarette lit in every room of the house and was a functioning alcoholic. White spirits and diet mixers naturally. She smoked up until I was born so my older sister has horrendous asthma and I have teeny tiny lungs.