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Obesity in the 19th Century©

thehistoricfoodie wrote 3 months ago: Photo: Right: The celebrated Daniel Lambert who weighed 739 lbs. when he died in 1809. Left: Chauncy … more →

Tags: 18th Century Food, 19th century food, obesity in the 19th century, history of obesity

Why Our Food is Making Us Fat; A Must Read!

renemcg3 wrote 11 months ago: English: Portrait of Daniel Lambert by Benjamin Marshall, 1807 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   Up a … more →

Tags: health, Scientific, Weight, Take Action, Coca-Cola, Earl Butz, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Leicester

From a Collar to a Whip: the History of Swimming in Leicester

Swimming News wrote 1 year ago: A rare opportunity to see and hear the unique 2,000 year history of open water swimming in Leicester … more →

Tags: News, swimming, History 2, Lido, wild swimming, open water swimming, Olympic games, swimming pool, Swimwear

Travels with Richard Armitage: Let's start in Leicestershire40 comments

fedoralady wrote 1 year ago: The County Flag of Leicestershire http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/your_council/council_services_contac … more →

Tags: Guy of Gisborne, Richard Armitage, Robin Hood BBc, Leicestershire Constabulary, Joseph Merrick, Elephant man, Leicestershire, Leicester, Battle of Bosworth Field

Come view the fat man2 comments

orak100 wrote 1 year ago: At work on Friday, I was looking for some information on a couple of artists with the unlikely names … more →

Tags: Biography, Blue Tit, Fat, freaks

The Origins of Leicester Aggro2 comments

thefoxfanzine wrote 1 year ago: Don’t miss my article on hooliganism in the 1960s in this month’s Leicestershire Chronic … more →

Tags: Leicester City, filbert street, leicestershire chronicle, Hooliganism

March 13th2 comments

almaniacal wrote 2 years ago: On this day in 1969, in the midst of the Vietnam war, Disney released a film called The Love Bug. It … more →

Tags: almanac, History, on this day, Birthdays, Vague humour, Skeletal Frame, Lindsay Lohan, Volkswagen, Porsche

monosyllabic chatness2 comments

lowercase wrote 2 years ago: i haven’t been to the doctor in a really long time, but i got into this car accident recently … more →

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History Can Be Fun!1 comment

jeffwisdom wrote 2 years ago: Why didn’t we learn about guys like Daniel Lambert in history class?  Here’s a man who p … more →

Tags: video games, morbidly obese, punched a bear, History

Daniel Lambert (1770-1809) - Englishman

pari523 wrote 2 years ago:   Fat Englishman   Englishman famous for his size, had his name used as a synonym for immensity.  He … more →

Tags: Big size, Englishman, immensity, Athletic Life, 448 Pound Man

2008 Santenay Blanc Champs Claude, Lucien Muzard et Fils, France

jennydames wrote 2 years ago: White under £20, Daniel Lambert , £19.99; Mumbles, 01792 367663, £23.50 Jane MacQuitty, the Times, 1 … more →

Tags: Mumbles, Jane MacQuitty, France, The Times, White under £20, 50 best summer white wines: Over £12, 2008 Santenay Blanc Champs Claude, Lucien Muzard et Fils

The big issue

Danny Birchall wrote 3 years ago: Daniel Lambert. Wellcome Images We might have just missed Mardi Gras, but a new topic is up on Explo … more →

Tags: Mardi Gras, obesity, Egypt, Karnak, Pierre Boaistuau, Eadweard Muybridge, John Isaacs, Health education, Winifred Holmes

HISTORY'S FAMOUS FATTIES6 comments

Maleeka Spriggs wrote 4 years ago: Scale-crushing fatties are not just the product of today’s modern junk foods – there hav … more →

Tags: Headlines, TopStory, historic overweight, famous overweight, famous obese, famous overweight rulers, famous obese rulers, dionysius ii, Louis XVIII


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