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The Solutions Man; No body of evidence seen for Body Solutions; Researcher raises eyebrows with sudden support; Body Solutions' promises might be too good to be true
A San Antonio Express News investigative package questions the efficiency of Body Solutions, a widely advertised product supposed to contribute to weight loss. On of the stories follows the ups and downs in the career of Harry Siskind who, with his wife Patty, started Body Solutions, producer of weight loss products. The story details Siskind's tabloid past and his attempt to start a pilot television series. The articles reveal that - even though some researchers have believed in the new product - there is no evidence that Body Solutions products have contributed to the weight loss of the successful dieters. "The true sales force behind Body Solutions is made up of the disk jockeys and talk-show hosts at more than 1,000 stations across the country," reports the Express News.
Tags: diets; eating disorders; anorexia; bulimia; health; overweight; Sunday Mirror; tabloids; advertisement; journalism; Texas D'Lites; donations; nutrition; science
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Fat-Free Fraud?
This investigation took on the latest trend in the local hip restaurant scene: dishes for dieters. Reporters used their own lab analysis to determine just how low-fat or low-calorie certain hot new menu items really were. Only one met FDA guidelines for healthy eating.
Tags: TAPE TRANSCRIPT health; dieting; food labeling; lite; calorie Food and Drug Administration
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Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar's appointments to more than 200 boards and committees form a shadow government and a political base that few people know about. (October, 1996)