Decades of dieting delusions

People are looking for a magic weight loss cure for decades.

And it seems got adverts from past away with making outlandish claims (perhaps nothing has changed?) for your products with many of the practices as extremely questionable.

One that immediately is "sanitized tapeworms" springs to mind... EWw!

In the next few months some of these ads of years are gone bye and a collection of ancient diets books on display at the library of Congress in Washington.

Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientific officer of event of host weight watchers, said:

If we recognize the history of weight loss, we address are successful and smartly the epidemic we facing.

Here are 3 from the diet memorabilia poster collection:

Galle beans

Obesity-SOAP

Self improvement records

Unfortunately have not attitude very much moved on a lot of ways. Patrick O'Neil Neil, Director of the weight management Center at Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston, said:

many still think, weight loss of the same way of that people have when they show herauskam-- expect magic. But obesity is a complex medical problem including genetics, environment, biology and behavior. There is no magic pill; Weight loss prescription medications are few in number and modestly in the effects... Nevertheless, can slim you down enough reduce calories... But no one says it's easy. You have to work, the loss by continuing eating less and maintain movement. It's no wonder that the "quest for effortless weight loss continues." (Source)

What do think connections - attitudes have changed much, or we're just with different products, but hoping for the same "magic"?