Lemko, I don't think that's true. They were simply eating different foods back when manufacturing jobs were plentiful in this country. There was no junk food, no fast food, etc. Smoking was also more common. After the widespread availability of these things you could even see blue collar workers ballooning. My father was one of them.
You really don't burn a ton of calories from physical activity unless you're running an hour or so a day. Even then, a single doughnut can negate the calories you burned.
You really don't burn a ton of calories from physical activity unless you're running an hour or so a day. Even then, a single doughnut can negate the calories you burned.
"Men willingly believe what they wish." - Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, Book III, Ch. 18