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Lulu Hunt Peters was born in Milford, Maine and acquired her medical degree from the University of California in 1909. Peters became the chairperson of the Public Health Committee of the California Federation of Women’s Clubs, Los Angeles District before writing Diet and Health and Key to the Calories. Weighing approximately 200-220 pounds at her heaviest, Peters lost 70 pounds by following her strict caloric guidelines, and then went on to be the columnist for “Diet and Health” which was published in The Los Angeles Times.
Peters’ book sold approximately two million copies, and remained in continuous publication for over twenty years.<ref name="Chin Jou">[http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/magazine/articles/29-1-counting-calories.aspx| "Counting Calories," Chemheritage.org].</ref> Ads for her book appeared everywhere, from the Chicago Daily Tribune to Vogue. Her book is also credited with being the first modern American diet book, and spurring a generation of calorie counting and fad dieting.
===Patriotism and the Hollywood Diet===
