The 20 Best (Worst) Vintage Diet Ads [Part 2 – Because I just love these things SO much]

by Charlottediets, humorPosted on 34 Comments

  GROSS. So many questions: Why is this pig so happy to be slicing and dicing himself? Why is he made of sausage? How can he hold a knife with no opposable thumbs? And WHAT are the purple bits?! I’m so disturbed. My hobbies: Fitness, baking failures and flushing toilets (at least you’d assume so …

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Selling Weight Loss to Children [Are kids the next casualties in the diet wars?]

by Charlottebad advertising, children, obesity, UncategorizedPosted on 75 Comments

“Tell me I’m not angry for no reason!!!” was the subject line on an e-mail from Gym Buddy Lindsey. I tried to imagine what would be so upsetting as to require the use of a double negative and extraneous punctuation.  That it continued with “I’m so pissed!!!!!!!!!!” only made me more intrigued. (And more entertained …

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