Monday, January 24, 2011

Weight-Loss Quackery through the Ages

Check out this interesting article from NPR by Scott Hensley about the sometimes amusing, sometimes down-right scary history of weight-loss gimmicks over the years.

My favorite? The 1903 ad for a $1 bar of soap that promised to "reduce" fat without any "dieting" or "gymnastics" on the part of the user. If only ...


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