When it comes to diets, women occupy a perversely central place, argues Ms Foxcroft.

Foxcroft 女士指出，当谈到节食时，女性通常占据着主导地位。

“The diet industry is all about exploitation and profit, ” writes Louise Foxcroft in “Calories and Corsets”, her slim new book about the history of dieting.

“节食产业几乎只有开发和盈利” Louise Foxcroft在《卡路里和束束身衣》一书中写道，她薄薄的新书描述了节食的历史。