Assuming this wasn’t satirical, but it’s hard to tell sometimes. The rates of intentional exercise - going to a gym and working out - are certainly on the rise

Assuming this wasn’t satirical, but it’s hard to tell sometimes. The rates of intentional exercise - going to a gym and working out - are certainly on the rise, but the actual rate of exercise is more lower than it was a hundred years ago. The job market has switched in large part to sedentary jobs from active jobs. And diets are much less healthy today than they were then because the only diets available (to anyone other than the rich) were relatively healthy. It’s hard to become overweight without the presence of junk food. Not impossible, certainly, but hard.