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Diet and Health (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

With Key to the Calories

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By Lulu Hunt Peters

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On Sale
Mar 29, 2011
Page Count
132 pages
Publisher
BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411445901

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$1.99

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$2.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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Published in 1918, this book became a bestseller, the first real bible of the weight-loss movement.  Laying stress on calories, rather than specific foods, and employing a withering tone to induce guilt linked to wartime patriotism, Peters preached a diet of 1,200 calories per day, combined with moderate exercise.


Lulu Hunt Peters

About the Author

Lulu Hunt Peters (1873-1930) was an American doctor and dietician who popularized dietary regimes based on reducing calorie intake.  Her zeal for weight reduction, no doubt related to her own struggles, led her to criticize excessive weight in moral was well as physical terms.  Her attitudes reached a wide audience through her syndicated newspaper columns.

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