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[Event Date:] 21st Feb, 1900 to 21st Feb, 1959 [Event Title:] 1900s-1950s [Event Description:] 
At the start of the 1900s, slenderness became more fashionable. There was an increasing interest of women in athletics and physicians began to see body weight as a 'science' of calorie counting, 'ideal weights', and weigh-ins. At this time the physically perfect woman was 5'4" tall and weighed 10 stone.
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