vintage dieting

We often think of diets as a very modern invention – gaining popularity in the 1980s and 1990s – but the idea of dieting has been around for a long time.The Word “Diet”

The word “diet” was used to mean “Prescribed course of food, restricted in kind or limited in quantity, esp.

Nowadays we have a polite name for clothes sizing: Plus-size.

Found on eBay: A vintage exercise device that can…

Were woman preoccupied with body image and diet 300 years ago? We found some very old diet tips from the 17th century.

In the 1960s the makers of Jello introduced “JELL-O® Gelatin for Salads”.

In the early 1900s a “nutrient absorption” product appeared.

Thanks to the proliferation of Internet video a number of commercials from the early 1980s have made a reappearance – one of which is for the unfortunately named “AYDS”.

These old school weight loss devices and gimmicks seem crazy, but they’re not too different from the gimmicks people fall for today.