WPA - Demos - Makeovers, Diets and Fitness

Today’s media continually hypes ideas about health and beauty, from carb-counting to “extreme makeovers” to triathlons. But our obsession with looking good is not new. Take a look back at some humorous archival attempts to stay fit and beautiful.

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	Today’s low-carb trend is not a new weight-loss phenomenon. A no-carbohydrates diet existed in prehistoric days - and in the late 1950s with the book, “Eat Fat & Grow Slim.” Catalog ID: 496684
	Mow your lawn and you have your main course for dinner: grass. Living on a grass diet really cuts down the weekly grocery bill. Catalog ID: 103955
	Exercising requires continuous movement. A Health Wheel gives its user plenty of motion, as well as blood continually rushing to the head. Catalog ID: 433842
	It must be human nature for people to seek quick and easy weight-loss methods. These policemen use slimming belts to try to lose their excess body fat. Catalog ID: 429886
	People will exercise with whatever technology is available. Some methods just cannot be explained too easily. Catalog ID: 432861
	There were many predecessors to modern-day exercise machines. A Spanish inventor came up with this ingenious way for lovely showgirls, among others, to stay fit. Catalog ID: 500484
	Health clubs became the focus of the 1980s fitness craze. Ah, the age of leg warmers and sweatbands... Catalog ID: 312078, 312079
	Almost anyone might want a makeover sometime in their life. Watch this woman change from a Beatnik to a Beauty. Catalog ID: 108239
	Women are by no means the only ones concerned with their looks. At this spa, men take time to pamper themselves as well. Catalog ID: 109364
	Hairstyles are an important part of fashion. It can take hours to achieve the ideal cut and style. This expert demonstrates the art of foiling and frosting hair. Catalog ID: 488975
	Becoming fabulously beautiful sometimes requires more than a trip to the salon. Cosmetic surgery may be the answer. Catalog ID: 138032
	People are not the only ones who want to make a fashion statement. Some take their pets in for a makeover too. Catalog ID: 1240
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