From "Fat Is In" to "Slim-Thick" - A History of Dieting
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The History of Body Ideals and Dieting
In the eiten and early 19 hundreds, corpulence was seen as a sign of wealth and success. People didn't even think that their body weight was something that they could control. Back then, being fat was in and getting thin was not in. The shift actually begins somewhere in the 18 sixties, and it starts in england.
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