{"id":93,"date":"2008-05-18T07:48:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-18T07:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/05\/porky-jumbo-and-butterball-the.html"},"modified":"2008-05-18T07:48:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-18T07:48:16","slug":"porky-jumbo-and-butterball-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/05\/porky-jumbo-and-butterball-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Sunday’s Puzzle and … Porky, Jumbo and Butterball ~ The sad history of dieting."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHave you ever wondered when people started to obsess about food and weight? <\/strong>There was a time when no one \u2018dieted\u2019 and nasty fat words didn\u2019t exist. Oh yeah – cave men didn\u2019t call each other fat slobs. Those types of words weren\u2019t created until the late 1800\u2019s! In fact, the first corpulent words were \u201cporky\u201d in the 1860\u2019s; \u201cjumbo\u201d in the 1880\u2019s; and \u201cbutterball\u201d in the 1890s.
\nThere are some documented cases of dieting that go back more than 1,000 years, but in the United States, our obsession with dieting took root at the end of the 19th century.
\nBy the time World War I rolled around, being fat was seen as unpatriotic! <\/strong><\/p>\n


\nFood was plentiful and Americans were wolfing it down with a vengeance. Health reformers declared the endless supply of meats, cakes and pies immoral. They preached that gluttony was a gateway to sinful sexual practices (woo hoo!). In addition, they proclaimed that gluttony caused constipation and indigestion.
\nAs Americans entered the 20th century, interest in weight loss grew. \u2018Experts\u2019 offered a number of surefire solutions – magic bullets flying everywhere. Somewhere between the main course and dessert, dieting became a national preoccupation. A multi-billion dollar industry was born!
\nIt\u2019s not quite clear why dieting took hold (and hasn\u2019t let go since), but theories point to the abundance of food, the increase of sedentary jobs, public transportation, as well as corsets being out of vogue. In addition, the life insurance industry alleged that thin people, on average, lived longer lives than their fat counterparts.
\nFunny, isn\u2019t it! Things haven\u2019t changed much in the 120 or so years that we\u2019ve been battling the bulge.
\nWhen did you go on your first diet? Leave a comment below <\/strong>and join the Kick in the Tush Club community<\/a> for weighty discussion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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