Encouraging artistic ability?

[Neto]

At one point in history, going to offices to work notably caused weight gain, less physical fitness, due to the relative sedentary nature of office work versus home, farm, factory work, other types of more physical work.

Going to college often results in gaining the “Freshman 15” pounds.

When I was a Freshman, I was at my highest ever weight. Never been that heavy since. But that school, although it wasn't a Mennonite school per se, had "Russian" Mennonite cooks, and if the lunch was hamburgers, for instance, the standard amount they gave you right off was two. AND, you could go back for seconds. (I seldom, if ever, went back for seconds on a meal like that, partly because I worked in the afternoons, and I'm a slow eater. So I had to be quick.) I have sometimes been pretty close to that weight, like about 3 pounds under, but I don't think I've ever hit 140 again.

[Ken]

Same reason why half the country put on lots of weight during the pandemic when everyone was staying home rather than working in the office.

For the sake of conversation, why did exercise equipment become so scarce last year? Treadmills, bicycles, dumbells, etc.

A lot of people bought equipment. But I'm willing to be that a lot of it is gathering dust or being used as clothes hangers. I expect we will see a lot of treadmills and exercise bikes on Craigslist over the next year as people figure that out.

[temporal1]

At one point in history, going to offices to work notably caused weight gain, less physical fitness, due to the relative sedentary nature of office work versus home, farm, factory work, other types of more physical work.

Going to college often results in gaining the “Freshman 15” pounds.

When I was a Freshman, I was at my highest ever weight. Never been that heavy since. But that school, although it wasn't a Mennonite school per se, had "Russian" Mennonite cooks, and if the lunch was hamburgers, for instance, the standard amount they gave you right off was two. AND, you could go back for seconds. (I seldom, if ever, went back for seconds on a meal like that, partly because I worked in the afternoons, *and I'm a slow eater*. So I had to be quick.) I have sometimes been pretty close to that weight, like about 3 pounds under, but I don't think I've ever hit 140 again.

Our children were slow eaters. And healthy, with healthy weights.
However, slow eaters are not much tolerated anywhere, even in preschools through grade schools.

i’m not sure what could be done about it.

But messages sure conflict on it.
Slow eating is encouraged on one hand, for health+weight, discouraged on every other hand.