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How did people get overweight during the Great Depression?

Asked by anniereborn (15511points) July 18th, 2015

This is not a shaming question in the least. I am a large woman and auditioning for a role in a show set in the 1930s. I have seen photos of big women from that time. I just wonder how they were able to be overweight. Food was scarce. They had to work their behinds off to even survive. Any theories or stories?

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