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Is dieting a relatively new ideal?
I remember being taught that food wasn't as readily available as it is now (in a grocery store), and only the rich were "fat" because they can afford it... So the majority was poor and was skinny?
If this is true, then when did dieting begin taking mass effect
1 Answer
- ShayLv 76 years ago
I really can't give you any kind of history on when "dieting" first started.
What I can tell you is that diet aids and diet plans have been around for at least 50 years. I will be 50 next year and I know that my mom was always slightly obsessed with her weight and would try every diet plan that was the "new" thing. In the 1970s, I remember my sisters, who were much older than me, trying different diet plans and diet pills also. So, I do know that in the 1970s, there was a big market for diet pills or diet aids.
