1863 and 2019...How far has Nutrition Science Communication come? Published on February 18, 2019 Edit article View stats catherine Lockley Status is online catherine Lockley Masters of Science Communication at The Australian National University 62 articles 11 Like 1 Comment 0 1 Introduction In 1863, a well-respected undertaker in Victorian London published the first best-selling ‘diet book’. William Banting’s Letter on Corpulence: Addressed to the Public (Appendix 1) was a self-funded, evangelical treatise that advocated what we now know as a ‘LCHF’ (low carb, high fat) regime and quickly became a best-seller, producing 6 editions and over 50,000 copies over two years (Critser 2003). Situated in the heart of Cunningham & Williams (1993) re-framed timeline for the ‘origins of modern science’, Banting’s book can be analysed and situated within the Victorian cultural infrastructure of science, and science ...