FEAR OF CORPULENCE
VOLUNTARY STARVATION FASTING CURES IN BRITAIN. LONDON. April 4. The maintenance ol that schoolgirl figure—so essential nowadays—hy lasting has become so popular that many complaints have been received Irom people at having to line up in queues to undergo starvation. One establishment at Trmg. Hertfordshirc, where fasting is medicalU supervised, has been booked up ioi three months. Ninety people arc undergoing a fasting cure Irom a ley days to a month. The average time is twentv-onc davs and the record ninetytwo days. A'Northamptonshire establishment is also busy. Specialists urge intending tasters to obtain medical advice bet ore deciding to fast.
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Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 10
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103FEAR OF CORPULENCE Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 10
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