31 Of The Most Bizarre Trends Of The 50s And 60s

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Vibrating your fat away

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Why bother with diet and exercise, when all you need is a vibrating belt to trim inches off your body? The belt vibrator was first designed by Dr. Gustav Zander, a Swedish physician, as early as 1850. Initially designed for use in physical therapy (where they proved useful), vibrating belts were pushed as weight loss gadgets in the 1900s. While they have been around since then, these belt exercisers made a strong comeback in the 1950s and 1960s, promising chiseled abs, a trim waistline, and flab-free arms. If only it were that simple.