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Old December 9th, 2003, 01:53 PM
Chet Hayes
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Default Fat people, get real

This Fumento guy is a complete ass. While I agree that obese people
are at significant health risk and need to lose weight, not join fat
support groups, the rest of his arguments are mainly nonsense.

He lumps Atkin in as one of the baseless fad diets that don't work.
He refuses to acknowledge that there are biological and hereditary
factors at work that make it extemely difficult for some people to
stay at a desirable weight. We all know some lucky people that can
eat whatever they like, yet stay very slim. For others, it's just the
opposite, and we've seen quite a few on here that have difficulty
losing weight even when following induction strictly for many weeks.