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BANTING, William (1779 – 1878)

1779 – 1878

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1863 CE

#3914

Letter on corpulence; address to the public.

Banting, a prominent English undertaker, and formerly obese, was the first to popularize a weight loss diet based on limiting intake of refined and easily digestible carbohydrates. He changed his diet at the suggestio…