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Your Weight and How to Control It published, emphasizing new concerns about being "overweight."

Date: 1927

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While continuing to address common concerns of the era about young white women being "underweight" due to popular styles that emphasized thin figures, the book also raises concerns about women being "overweight," especially after the age of 30.