Four ways to a smaller waist

I was looking at fashions from the 60's and 70's and the waist of dresses back then were so small. What's happened in four to five decades?  Have people gotten to be giants or what? The only people with waists that small today are models, who don't reflect the norm of the general population. The increase in the girth of our midsections, I think stems from four areas:
                                                                                     
 1.  Larger food portions- we're consuming more food at each meal. (Say supersize!)

 2.  Eating dinner in restaurants-we're dining out more often than in the 60s and 70s'

 3.  Less physically active- we're sitting more and biking, and walking less.

 4.  More processed food and food additives are available-these all have a 
      negative effect upon waist measurements. Click here for list of additives safe for
      consumption; list of non-toxic food additives; additives to cut back on; and additives
      to avoid due to health risks. Click here to a view a good food additive slide show .
    

What can a person do about this, and get back a smaller waistline? Simple. Eat smaller portions at mealtime.  Prepare meals at home so you have a better idea of what you're eating and can be more in control of the butter, cream, fat, milk, sodium that's added when cooking.  And increase daily physical activity. It's all common sense. And it's was the way life was forty-fifty years ago, and I think why they had smaller waist lines.

50 years ago, small waistlines were the norm

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Waistlines aren't as small as they used to be 40-50 years ago.

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