'Don't eat!': Controversial 1965 Slumber Party Barbie came with scales permanently set to just 110lbs and a diet book telling her not to eat



Scale was removed just one year later for Sleepytime Gal doll

Current Barbie Pyjama Doll comes with reading lamp, cocoa and eye mask

These days, Barbie can climb the career ladder to its summit and become a pilot, an engineer, a dentist or even a racing car driver.

But in 1965, Slumber Party Barbie came not with a PAYE slip but with a set of pink bathroom scales, permanently set to a rather scrawny 110lbs (50kg), and a diet book instructing her on how to lose weight, with just one instruction: 'DON'T EAT!'



Slumber Party Barbie, released in 1965, came with a weighing scales and a diet book warning girls not to eat



Slumber Party 1965 came with a bathroom scales set to a slender 110lbs, a 'don't eat' diet book and pink silk pyjamas

The controversial doll also included a pink satin pyjama top and bottoms, a pink robe with a sash, pink open-toe heels with blue pompoms, pink curlers, bobby pins and a blue brush and comb.

The scale was removed just one year later, and the 1966/7 version renamed Barbie Sleepytime Gal, but she still came equipped with her diet book and its one simple rule.

Barbie's 1965 diet book came with the weight-loss instruction 'DON'T EAT!'

These days, a healthier body image is being impressed upon young girls who wish to play with a bedtime Barbie.

Barbie Pyjama Doll comes with accessories including a lamp for reading, an eye mask for getting an undisturbed night's sleep, face cleanser, a mirror, a cuddly bunny, a hairbrush and a mug of hot cocoa.

Barbie Pyjama Doll, currently available to buy, comes with a reading lamp, a mug of cocoa, a cuddly bunny, a telephone, an eye mask and make-up



