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The Truth About Historical Weight Loss Fads (Evidence-Based Fat Loss Today) | Ep 360
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Diet culture emerged in the 1920s, when calorie counting was invented, cigarettes were marketed as weight loss aids, and thinness became associated with moral virtue for the first time in American history.
Discover how the birth of modern diet culture 100 years ago created patterns we're still repeating today.
Main Takeaways:
Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters invented calorie counting in 1918, selling 2+ million copies of the first diet…
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