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<blockquote data-quote="Grant_Vicat" data-source="post: 2008598" data-attributes="member: 388932"><p>Hi [USER=256617]@Mbaker[/USER] You mentioning 60 years ago made me think about food shops at the time. I grew up between Brighton and Worthing and the biggest food shop was Sainsbury's. It would not be classed as a supermarket nowadays. Its modern equivalent would have seemed like a hypermarket. I remember Kit-Kat dispensers where you put sixpence in (2.5 pence in todays terms) and you would get 1 bar. There were also Bazooka bubble gum and Wrigley's chewing gum. You could find small waxed cartons of milk (half pint). I can't remember cans of fizzy drinks coming out of an external dispenser back then. The checkout was a primitive affair with a typewriter style till, and would not be barricaded with temptations. Vesta packs of chicken supreme or something similar with rice were around, but there was not yet anything like Pot Noodles or today's ready meals. This is surely because they didn't have developed plastics, and microwaves were still a dream. It would be wrong to think that obese children were not around then. I personally knew several 'fatsos' as they were termed and of course there were plenty of adults in a similar position. Maybe the sudden realisation that plastic is harming the planet might go a little way towards helping better dietary choices. If the government is truly concerned about the diabetes time-bomb, they could be looking also at absurd portions being served at takeaways and the carb content of "snacks" in e.g. coffee shops. This coud go on...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grant_Vicat, post: 2008598, member: 388932"] Hi [USER=256617]@Mbaker[/USER] You mentioning 60 years ago made me think about food shops at the time. I grew up between Brighton and Worthing and the biggest food shop was Sainsbury's. It would not be classed as a supermarket nowadays. Its modern equivalent would have seemed like a hypermarket. I remember Kit-Kat dispensers where you put sixpence in (2.5 pence in todays terms) and you would get 1 bar. There were also Bazooka bubble gum and Wrigley's chewing gum. You could find small waxed cartons of milk (half pint). I can't remember cans of fizzy drinks coming out of an external dispenser back then. The checkout was a primitive affair with a typewriter style till, and would not be barricaded with temptations. Vesta packs of chicken supreme or something similar with rice were around, but there was not yet anything like Pot Noodles or today's ready meals. This is surely because they didn't have developed plastics, and microwaves were still a dream. It would be wrong to think that obese children were not around then. I personally knew several 'fatsos' as they were termed and of course there were plenty of adults in a similar position. Maybe the sudden realisation that plastic is harming the planet might go a little way towards helping better dietary choices. If the government is truly concerned about the diabetes time-bomb, they could be looking also at absurd portions being served at takeaways and the carb content of "snacks" in e.g. coffee shops. This coud go on... [/QUOTE]
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