And here he is, original.

Each week we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy.

And each week you tell us if we got it right.

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and this is The Aftermath.

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath.

Today we're speaking with guest expert Laura Frazier.

Laura is an American journalist, essayist, memoirist and travel writer.

Her first book, Losing It, False Hopes and Fat Profits in the Diet Industry, tracks

the chronology and culture of dieting in society.

Let's hear what she has to say about the French pharmaceutical diet pill scandal.

Hi Laura, thank you so much for joining us today.

Thank you Rebecca.

So before we dive in to discussing your research and the history of diets and our obsession

with weight, I'd love to know what drew you to the topic.

Well I have a kind of horrendous history with dieting, like a lot of women particularly

in this country, but I was dieting from an early age.

My parents were really obsessed with me not getting fat so much so that when I was like seven

years old, my dad said, if you keep eating like a pig, we're going to have to build you

a trough.

Wow.

And lo and behold, the next day instead of a plate at my place, there was a little red

pig trough.

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