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Posts Tagged “slimming industry”

A Matter of Fat: Inside the Cruel and Unusual Crash Diets of the 1960s

A Matter of Fat: Inside the Cruel and Unusual Crash Diets of the 1960s

Diets have long thrived at the intersection of desperation and gullibility. Check out these alternately hilarious and disturbing films about crash diets.
Documentary, Films | October 10, 2013

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