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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Inspector Renauld is Busy Today! Many Weight-Loss Ads Misleading - U.S. Report

By Lisa Richwine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of those claims in weight-loss advertisements that seem far too good to be true really are not, according to a U.S. government report released on Tuesday.

Federal Trade Commission staff analyzed advertising for products and services that promise quick fixes for dropping pounds and found that over half -- about 55 percent -- include at least one claim that was very likely false or lacked adequate proof.

Nearly 40 percent made at least one claim, such as "Eat as much as you want and still lose weight," that was almost certainly false. [...]

Wow. Whoda thunkit? (Almost certainly?)

UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 18--This just in to the Possumblog Statistical Analysis Department from Axis of Weevil svelte toy boy Charles Austin:

"But I eat all I want, and while I gain weight, I don't gain as much weight as if I wasn't taking these diet medications. By your standard Democrat method of reasoning, that means I am losing weight!"

Certainly works for Ted Kennedy.

posted by Terry at 2:57:00 PM

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