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by Alice Park
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by Samantha Grossman

by Jessica Roy
by Marty Makary
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by Alice Park
by Lisa Abend

by Katy Steinmetz
by TIME Staff

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by Alice Park
![Bulging at beach in 1949, 197-pound Dorothy [Bradley] self-consciously leaves locker room for swim. She covered up embarrassment by being jolly and gregarious](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40025c14dc316a51/69877c915f570f1e4cb14fb0/150129-obesity-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)


by Mark Rykoff