Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Are Women Fatter these days?

It's a known fact that all people (not just women) are, on average, fatter these days. 
But, a group of British researchers say that women have gained weight over the last forty years for this, rather sexist, reason. 

Do you agree? 

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The cause of weight gain among women in the last half-century? 
A team of British researchers says its because we're less likely to be vacuuming and sweeping the floors. 

Sixty years ago, the average woman had a 28-inch waist (really?) and apparently burned 1,000 calories a day doing housework. Today? The average waistline is about 34 inches. Naturally, the researchers say that it was the housework that kept us slim! (What a concept, right?!)
“When you think of the time that women had to spend cleaning and cooking, life is so much easier now - although obviously that has contributed to the bigger waistlines,” one of the researchers said to the Mirror

Hmmm..

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