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40% Of American Women Are Obese Today. Here's Why
In a country filled with opportunity, wealth, and endless entertainment, it’s easy to blame America’s obesity epidemic on laziness. But if you look closer, laziness is hardly a factor.
By Kathryn Coursey4 min read
Obesity in America has been on the rise in the 20th and 21st centuries at an alarming rate. Modern conveniences such as the washing machine and the electric stove made it possible for women to enter the workforce, altering the American lifestyle forever — a lifestyle of ease and luxury, right? Not quite. Now society expected women to “do it all”: marry young, have several kids, hold a job, and still do all the household chores solo. Does the modern woman sound lazy to you?