From the archive: slimming down and shaping up, November 1966

How we kept fit came under the spotlight more than 50 years ago in the Observer, but sadly, all the cigs and booze were never going to help

The Observer Magazine of 27 November 1966 took a look at ‘the winter problem of keeping fit’. But going by the introduction, they were up against more than just the time of year, describing ‘the tiresome truth that keeping in shape means taking enough exercise and not eating too much food’. Their writers were dispatched in search of ‘the easy, lazy ways to achieve both ends’.

The tiresome truth was that keeping in shape meant taking enough exercise and not eating too much

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