Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dukakis' place at the front rank of Democratic presidential contenders, the story Mrs. Dukakis told at the dedication of a drug-treatment center in Norfolk, Mass., would be sadly ordinary. Her problem began when, as a 19-year-old in 1956, she obtained a prescription for diet pills to control her weight. (At 5 ft. 6 in., she then weighed about 130 lbs.; she now weighs 120 lbs.) Years of deceit followed as she began each morning with a small 5-mg dose of amphetamines. In hindsight, she concedes that the drug "contributed to my being hyper" and provided...
Discovery did not come until late 1974, fully eleven years after she married Dukakis. Her husband, just elected Governor, stumbled on her cache of pills. "I told him the truth: I was dependent," she recalls. Her family doctor tried to wean her from the diet pills, but three months later she was again covertly obtaining them from another physician. She continued the charade for eight more years until her husband noticed a stray bill from the doctor who was writing her prescription. Only then did Mrs. Dukakis reluctantly confront her dependency. "I had been taking diet pills for 26 years...
...signature of commitment. Meanwhile, FM radio's narrow-cast formats were herding black artists into the chic ghettos of Las Vegas and the R.-and-B. stations. By now the first generation of rock-'n'-roll kids had hit their 30s and wearied of a heavy-metal pep-pill diet. The music's emotional poverty had turned them into clones of their parents: people who hated rock because it was "just noise...
Alongside the frozen-fruit desserts at the supermarket is another innovation: frozen diet-drink bars. The new products got a boost seven months ago from a Food and Drug Administration ruling that allows manufacturers to use Nutrasweet low-calorie sweetener in frozen desserts. As a result, General Foods' Crystal Light frozen diet-drink bar, which contains 14 calories and comes in eight flavors, including pink lemonade, could be a strong seller this summer at $1.89 for a package...
Researchers struggle to find the cause of the mysterious, strength- sapping "fatigue syndrome." -- Drugs and diet shrink fat deposits...