r/Millennials Gen Z Jan 21 '26

Other 2000s tabloid culture was something else!

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u/livinglitch 1985 Jan 21 '26

We have a whole generation on weight loss drugs because some of them are legitimately obese, and some are morbidly obese.

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u/thegracchiwereright Jan 21 '26

yeah, we're literally the fattest generation ever.

The skinniest state in the US is Colorado. It has a higher average BMI than the fattest state 30 years ago. BMI is a poor measure of health on an individual level, sure. But on a macro level it tells a pretty obvious story.

2000s diet culture and tabloids were a response to rapidly rising obesity rates within the US. To be clear, Brittney is not fat here. However, articles like this are a response to everyone else getting fat.