The Tummy Tutor

It also went by the name "Belly Beeper". The idea was that if you slouched or let your stomach out, it would start beeping. Supposedly this would train you to always keep your stomach muscles tensed and not slouch.

Either that or it would train you to avoid wearing it.

The Miami Herald - Oct 7, 1973

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 21, 2020
Category: Inventions | 1970s | Dieting and Weight Loss | Stomach

Comments

It’s possible he was more interested in promoting women with bare midriffs...

Posted by Brian on 04/21/20 at 10:38 AM

Can't say. My nuclear physics classes were all male.

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 04/22/20 at 01:39 PM

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