Weight Loss Abuse Task Force Announces Worst Weight Loss Products of 2004
Weight Loss Abuse Task Force Announces Worst Weight Loss Products of 2004. The Slim Chance Awards recognize the worst diet gimmicks on the market, with the hope of promoting true health and wellness.
Hettinger, ND (PRWEB) December 16, 2004 –- The Weight Loss Abuse Task Force
for the National Council Against Health Fraud announces the 16th annual Slim
Chance Awards, highlighting this year’s worst diet schemes. Chaired by Frances
Berg, nutritionist and family wellness specialist, the Task Force recognizes
this year’s worst diet gimmicks, including green tea patches for your thigh and
pills that target specific “problems” like abdominal fat, menopausal weight gain
and the low-carb fad.
“These products and countless others promise quick
weight loss with no effort,” Berg explains. “They need to be exposed as scams
that lighten your wallet but not your body.”
Berg’s organization, the
Healthy Weight Network, started the Slim Chance Awards 16 years ago as a
reaction to the glut of unsafe products on the market. The awards are part of
the lead-up to Healthy Weight Week, January 16 to 22.
“We want to shift
our national focus to health and wellness, to acceptance, respect and an
appreciation of diversity,” explains Berg, author of the new book “Underage and
Overweight.” “It’s time to move on from the war so many Americans are waging
against their own bodies.”
Here are the Slim Chance Awards for the
“worst” of 2004:
* Worst Gimmick: Green Tea300 patches
Four patches
come free when you buy $59.99 worth of tea. Claimed to burn fat, suppress
appetite, increase thermogenesis, and speed the metaboic rate without increasing
hypertension or heart rate. Advertised through email spam.
* Most
Outrageous: EstrinD
Billed as the first and only diet pill for menopausal
and pre-menopausal weight gain, EstrinD is touted to reduce calorie intake, stop
binge eating, increase metabolism, control mood swings, and provide a sense of
well being. Nearly full-page advertisement in USA WEEKEND.
* Worst
Product: CortiSlim
Falsely claims that reducing cortisol, the stress
hormone, with CortiSlim will cause rapid fat loss from abdomen and thighs.
Nationally aired infomercials use a deceptive “talk show” format, FTC charges.
* Worst Claim: Carboburn
For low-carb dieters wearied of living
without carbs, it’s no longer necessary. “CarboBurn will neutralize the
carbohydrates…block the storage of fat before it attaches to your stomach,
waist, thighs, buns…chisel your fat away and let lean muscle shine through…and
it doesn’t matter if you hate exercise.” Advertised online.
About
Frances Berg
Former editor, publisher and founder of Healthy Weight Journal,
Frances (Francie) M. Berg, M.S., L.N., has reviewed research, news and
commentary across the weight spectrum over 20 years for health professionals and
consumers worldwide. A licensed nutritionist and family wellness specialist, she
is the author of eleven books. Berg’s newest book “Underage & Overweight”
includes a 7-point plan for raising healthy weight children and offers advice to
parents who fear their child may be trying to lose weight in dangerous ways.
For more information, please visit and utilize the many weight loss and
health-related resources at www.healthyweight.net. Frances Berg is available for
interviews by calling 701-567-2646 or emailing her with “Berg interview” in the
subject line.
Contact:
Frances Berg
701-567-2646
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb189379.htm