tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post2839297939736632645..comments2024-03-01T09:58:03.858-08:00Comments on READING FOR SANITY BOOK REVIEWS: The Great Fat Fraud - Mike SchatzkiMindySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-43760787547116697142012-01-17T21:16:03.276-08:002012-01-17T21:16:03.276-08:00The last couple chapters did divulge this exact po...The last couple chapters did divulge this exact point. It does seem a very valid argument. The weight loss industry spends an immense amount of time and money trying to convince people of the importance of thinness yet rarely communicates the value of fitness. It's definitely a marketing scam, yet can we really go as far to say that weight does not matter when it comes to health?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902585771297046270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-14510849546702543212012-01-17T17:41:50.838-08:002012-01-17T17:41:50.838-08:00I listened to a great "Freakonomics" pod...I listened to a great "Freakonomics" podcast in Novemeber 2010 that talked about how much of an economic driver the weight loss industry is, and that they are marketing to us the need to join a gym, lower our cholesterol (with drugs), join a weight loss program, because it makes "them" money. It sounds like it was along these lines.Sweet Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636443574868229467noreply@blogger.com