United States Library of Congress Rosie the Riveter kept slim by following World War II’s most popular weight loss plan. And you can too. We’ve been stuck in a pesky recession since December 2007. Food prices in many categories continue to rise. At the same time, more people are gaining more weight, with an estimated 300 million people worldwide falling under the category of obese, and more than a billion people classified as overweight. More than 30 percent of people in the United States and 24 percent of British people are estimated to be obese. The world needs a diet plan that can both cut costs and help people lose weight. The good news is that we can look back to past economic hardships to find just such a