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X-WR-CALDESC:While the word 'diet' is simply a word to define the range of 
 food that we eat\, it has also come to be associated with a method of losi
 ng weight through restrictions\, moderation\, or deprivation of some type.
  Look no further than the latest diet programs that are advertised as an e
 asy fix for an age old 'problem.' Where does this obsession with losing we
 ight to reach some kind of idealized body type come from\, and how has it 
 changed over the millennia? From ancient world practices to 21st century c
 razes\, it's time to uncover how the pursuit of healthy living has changed
  dramatically in societies throughout the ages.\n\nJoin New York Adventure
  Club as we trace the history diets and healthy eating in human societies 
 throughout the world\, with a focus on the most popular European and Ameri
 can crazes in the 19th and 20th centuries and their dubious advertising ta
 ctics.\n\nLed by historian Lucy Jane Santos\, our virtual experience surro
 unding the history of diets and healthy eating will include:\n\nA discussi
 on of popular diets throughout the ancient world\, medieval period\, and 2
 0th century\, some of which included tapeworms and appetite suppressants\n
 The story of how a London undertaker managed to lose 50 pounds in a year a
 nd sold tens of thousands of pamphlets with his recommendations\nHow new u
 nderstandings around food in the 20th century — like the identification of
  vitamins and scientific understandings of calories — changed the way that
  people eat\nHow an emphasis on food processing and “progress” led to manu
 factured items like white bread and canned fish becoming more popular\nSom
 e of the most ill-conceived and dangerous diets to have ever been develope
 d\, along with their disastrous side effects\, which included the Master C
 leanse and Sleeping Beauty diet\nHow ideas around healthy eating changed i
 n the 1960s with an emphasis on organic foods and grains eventually leadin
 g to ideas of superfoods in the present day\nThe rise of regulated diets c
 ompanies like Weight Watchers along with how governments have tried to reg
 ulate the industry to provide customers with safe and accurate information
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DESCRIPTION:While the word 'diet' is simply a word to define the range of f
 ood that we eat\, it has also come to be associated with a method of losin
 g weight through restrictions\, moderation\, or deprivation of some type. 
 Look no further than the latest diet programs that are advertised as an ea
 sy fix for an age old 'problem.' Where does this obsession with losing wei
 ght to reach some kind of idealized body type come from\, and how has it c
 hanged over the millennia? From ancient world practices to 21st century cr
 azes\, it's time to uncover how the pursuit of healthy living has changed 
 dramatically in societies throughout the ages.\n\nJoin New York Adventure 
 Club as we trace the history diets and healthy eating in human societies t
 hroughout the world\, with a focus on the most popular European and Americ
 an crazes in the 19th and 20th centuries and their dubious advertising tac
 tics.\n\nLed by historian Lucy Jane Santos\, our virtual experience surrou
 nding the history of diets and healthy eating will include:\n\nA discussio
 n of popular diets throughout the ancient world\, medieval period\, and 20
 th century\, some of which included tapeworms and appetite suppressants\nT
 he story of how a London undertaker managed to lose 50 pounds in a year an
 d sold tens of thousands of pamphlets with his recommendations\nHow new un
 derstandings around food in the 20th century — like the identification of 
 vitamins and scientific understandings of calories — changed the way that 
 people eat\nHow an emphasis on food processing and “progress” led to manuf
 actured items like white bread and canned fish becoming more popular\nSome
  of the most ill-conceived and dangerous diets to have ever been developed
 \, along with their disastrous side effects\, which included the Master Cl
 eanse and Sleeping Beauty diet\nHow ideas around healthy eating changed in
  the 1960s with an emphasis on organic foods and grains eventually leading
  to ideas of superfoods in the present day\nThe rise of regulated diets co
 mpanies like Weight Watchers along with how governments have tried to regu
 late the industry to provide customers with safe and accurate information
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SUMMARY:'The History of 'Diets' and Healthy Eating' (ONLINE)
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