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06-09-2002, 02:09 PM

Ok, they just announced today on the radio.

The European nations combined spend 90 BILLION on over the counter weight loss/diet aids. All of which have been proven time and time again to not help people loose weight.....so why is it that no one shuts these companies down? I would post the figures for the US too but they were not available. The last statistic says that Germany leads the EU by spending 20 of that 90 billion. Why are people buying things that doctors keep telling them are useless? What you eat, when you eat and how much you eat combined with exercise is the only real way to loose weight that has been proven (short of surgery) So what do you all think about this subject?...90 billion sure would help reduce other real problems in the world.
I think if you add whatever the US wastes on these gimicks we could all probably feed and clothe every individual person on the planet.

EDIT: Wanted to stress Im not knocking over weight people here..I need to loose nearly 30lbs to get back to my ideal weight.

[ 06-09-2002, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]

06-09-2002, 02:09 PM	#1
MagiK Guest Posts: n/a	Ok, they just announced today on the radio. The European nations combined spend 90 BILLION on over the counter weight loss/diet aids. All of which have been proven time and time again to not help people loose weight.....so why is it that no one shuts these companies down? I would post the figures for the US too but they were not available. The last statistic says that Germany leads the EU by spending 20 of that 90 billion. Why are people buying things that doctors keep telling them are useless? What you eat, when you eat and how much you eat combined with exercise is the only real way to loose weight that has been proven (short of surgery) So what do you all think about this subject?...90 billion sure would help reduce other real problems in the world. I think if you add whatever the US wastes on these gimicks we could all probably feed and clothe every individual person on the planet. EDIT: Wanted to stress Im not knocking over weight people here..I need to loose nearly 30lbs to get back to my ideal weight. [ 06-09-2002, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]