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"...Then I have half a banana (50)"

Acheman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:08:08 -0800

Via Amazon, you can read the first few chapters[PDF] of Carol Lay's new graphic novel-cum-diet book The Big Skinny. Blogger and fellow cartoonist Ampersand/Barry Deutsch doesn't object to the weight loss she documents, he just isn't convinced that it's actually all that healthy. See Junkfood Science for more discussion of the 'Obesity Paradox' (for more articles, scroll a great way down the right-hand sidebar).

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the fire you left me — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:03:22 -0800

The Great Citizens Campaign to Lose Three Kilograms. Okinawans have closely adopted the U.S. lifestyle of cars, suburban malls and fast food, and have become Japan's fattest people ?

kirkaracha — Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:01:11 -0800

Lose 15 Lbs. in 20 Minutes a Day! by playing the flute during sexual intercourse, square dancing while stacking wood, and other easy methods.

hijinx — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 06:50:27 -0800

This is the true story of what happens... when seven strangers... are picked to live in a house and have their lives taped... to see what happens when people stop being ~~polite~~ fat and start being ~~real~~ skinny. America's obsession with weight loss continues on ABC. It's the anti-Fat Project.