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...paper by a 12-person, 2 1/2-year committee that says 40% of ads for weight-loss products "make at least one representation that is almost certainly false," as the Federal Trade Commission did last week. The study proves, mainly, that the FTC is too lazy to investigate 60% of diet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miracle-Diet Ads Lie? Well, Duh! | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...person from me when he told me he never once, in the course his study, directly contacted one of the before-and-after women. Still, he seemed like a nice guy, until I found out that Cleland, 53, weighs 150 lbs. and is 5 ft. 11 in. This diet-ad thing, apparently, is just a way of rubbing people's faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miracle-Diet Ads Lie? Well, Duh! | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...rules is that we don't supply food for conferences. If we have a meeting, the staff has to buy the coffee. I have no clue why," he said. I'm guessing it's because there is no money left after spending 2 1/2 years proving that diet ads are fake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miracle-Diet Ads Lie? Well, Duh! | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...Cleland to admit that most people who buy diet pills know they don't work, and that the Venn diagram of those people and the people who read FTC reports doesn't have enough overlap to be worth 2 1/2 years of effort. What he didn't understand, and why he should use whatever little bit of remaining FTC budget he has left to take his staff to a Eugene O'Neill play, is that people want to be deceived. You don't go to John Edward because you believe, but because it's nice to pretend you believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miracle-Diet Ads Lie? Well, Duh! | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...Riddle" provided much biological reasoning for American obesity but totally ignored the root cause of the problem: Americans are fat because they are fixated on indulging their every desire [Health, Sept. 2]. Laziness is practically a virtue in our society. It's not the food pyramid, not the wrong diet, not even the fast-food joints that are at fault. The blame lies with the individual who refuses to deny himself, educate himself and get off his rear. ANDRE GALLIATH Valencia, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 23, 2002 | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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