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- From: cecchi@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Del Cecchi)
- Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:04:53 GMT
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- In article <18128@pitt.UUCP>, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan12.114207.17814@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:
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- |> >>So if you're so smart, why ain't you thin? Sorry, I couldn't pass
- |> >
- |> >If you professional diet wonks are so smart, why isn't your cure
- |> >rate better than chiropractic?
- |> >
- |>
- |> What's a professional diet wonk? I've been on a lot of diets,
- |> but I don't think that is what you meant. I'm not cured, but
- |> at least I have achieved a measure of control.
- |>
- |> >The RU-486 and CoPP treatments completely reversed the subjects'
- |> >obesity. Timed bromocriptine seems to work wonders.
- |>
- |> Didn't seem to on our friend Steve Dyer.
- |>
- |> >The issue is, is dieting sufficiently safe and effective for all
- |> >subgroups of fat people that America should continue to spend
- |> >$30+ billion/yr on it while sandbagging the development and
- |> >deployment of superior alternatives?
- |>
- |> I don't understand the "sandbagging". What evidence do you have
- |> of any sandbagging? Is all the dieting worth the money? Probably
- |> not. I agree that most people can't get it to work for them.
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- Let's face it, Chuck needs to start the obesity equivilent of ACT-UP and use the
- same tactics. This has been very successful in obtaining greatly increased
- priority in the funding of medical research.
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- Del Cecchi
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