A History Of Diets - Chronology of Dieting - The Year 1888
Richard Atwater devised the 'calorie' a measure of how much energy was derived when a given food was burnt off by digestion. Unfortunately at the time no one was sure what to do with the idea and this means of food evaluation was not brought into the mainstream until 1918 - nearly two decades later.
Richard Atwater devised the 'calorie' a measure of how much energy was derived when a given food was burnt off by digestion. Unfortunately at the time no one was sure what to do with the idea and this means of food evaluation was not brought into the mainstream until 1918 - nearly two decades later.
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