Brits have gained weight during the pandemic, but historically diets alone have not created better health.
- Lecturer in Twentieth Century History, University of Liverpool
20th-century fad diets didn’t look all that different from those popular today.
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Woman’s Own magazine created a slimming culture in the UK that lasts to this day.
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