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Fat Chance of Losing Weight Electronicallynew

The AbTronic Electric Fitness System promised consumers they could get “six-pack abs” by using its device, but the Federal Trade Commission found that wasn’t true.
Westword  |  Eric Dexheimer  |  12-07-2004  |  Science

Too Fat!new

Arkansas's got perhaps the skinniest governor and the fattest children in America. One wants to help the other -- and their loss could be his gain.
Arkansas Times  |  Leslie Newell Peacock  |  10-15-2004  |  Science

Atkins Diet Associated with Health Dangersnew

"Atkins sold his diet as a gift wrapped in a bacon cheeseburger -- no bun, but with a cheesecake on the side," says Jody Gorran, whose time on the low-carb regime left him slim but with an artery blockage. "I wanted to lose weight, so I made a Faustian deal with the devil, and the devil was Robert Atkins."
Gambit  |  Frank Etheridge  |  05-06-2004  |  Science

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