Average British Woman in 1950 and Today
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From the Daily Mail UK (Probably worse for men):
Sixty years ago the average British woman’s figure was fairly trim: at a petite 5ft 2in, the scales rarely tipped 9st 10lb. Even her feet – size 31/2 – were small, and she fitted neatly into a size 12 dress.
As for her vital statistics – 37-27-39 – she was the classic hour-glass, not far off Hollywood standards (America’s most famous pin-up girl Betty Grable measured a curvy but slender 36-24-35).
Fast forward to 2009, and we have ballooned. Not only are we taller, we’re also heavier and less curvaceous, according to the UK National Sizing Survey.
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1:06 PM
Did that make their feet grow longer too?
9:32 AM
@Politicus That sounded a little like sarcasm there… I would credit it with the laziness that has come with our technological age combined with bad eating habits.
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5:40 AM
Things aren’t much different in the States, either. Every product is either hydrogenated or filled with other fat-building content.
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