Diet, Exercise? Maybe That 170 Lb. Perfect Woman Of 100 Years Ago Just Had Good Genes

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

The dramatic increase in obesity over the past few decades has been tightly associated with an increase in obesity-related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Of course, it's also been associated with a change in the definition of obesity in that period. In  1912 the perfect woman was determined to be 5'7" tall, with measurements of 35-30-40 and weighing in at 171 lbs., but there is no denying the developed world is getting fatter in an unhealthy way.  read more

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