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12/10/04 Ocean’s 12 Tons
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon seem to be good with the heists, but maybe they should be stealing more time at the gym. According to US government standards, these guys are officially fat.
11/29/04 More Errors In CDC Obesity Deaths Study
CDC’s Own Researchers Said Internal Debate Over Obesity Study Was “Very Contentious,” One Researcher Called Figures "Loosey-Goosey”
11/23/04 CDC Admits Obesity Stats Flawed, Other Serious Errors Documented in CCF Report
A Wall Street Journal bombshell report that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted to serious statistical errors in calculating that obesity kills 400,000 Americans each year. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
11/22/04 Obesity Liability Waiver Offered for Thanksgiving Dinner Hosts
During this season when public health activists and trial lawyers are promoting hysteria about the nation's expanding waistline, the Center for Consumer Freedom believes that Thanksgiving should remain a holiday for giving thanks and indulging.
11/15/04 Phony ‘Physicians’ Group Ranking Airport Food Is An Animal-Rights Front
PCRM's airport food report promoted by a diet "expert" last seen stripping for PETA.
11/11/04 More Big Fat Lies
While the federal government is scrutinizing weight-loss scams, it should take a close look at the ‘Biggest Fat Lie’ of all—the so-called ‘obesity epidemic,’
10/28/04 Halloween Candy Liability Waiver Offered
While millions of kids and countless parents knock on doors this holiday hoping for sweets, greedy trial lawyers hoping to cash in on America’s so-called obesity epidemic will be hot on their heels.
10/27/04 Heavy Hitters
The Red Sox and Cardinals are battling it out to see who is the best in baseball, but according to the government, they should be battling the bulge.
9/28/04 Seinfeld’s “Soup Nazi” Stars as Food Cop in New Ad
Our latest TV commercial features a famous food cop and asks if the war on obesity has gone too far.
9/8/04 Jelly Belly Joey
Matt LeBlanc’s smooth-talking character Joey debuts on NBC tomorrow—and while fans across America are anxious to see the character again, many would be surprised to learn that according to the government the former Friend is actually "obese".
8/24/04 Soda Study Is The Latest Fizzy Science From Food Police
Obesity alarmists and anti-soda activists are rallying around fizzy research that takes a great leap to suggest a causal relationship between soda consumption and type 2 diabetes.
8/19/04 Your Kids, PETA’s Pawns
This new report walks readers through PETA’s coordinated effort, which includes the use of graphic comic books, age-specific websites, grotesque toys, schoolyard demonstrations, and e-mail alerts sent directly to small children.
8/19/04 Animal Rights Group Poses as Health Charity to Promote Vegetarian School Lunches
Analysis by the Center for Consumer Freedom suggests that the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is more interested in promoting strict vegetarianism and animal-rights ideology than good nutrition.
8/16/04 Oblimpians???
USA Olympians represent the nation’s finest. So how can they also represent the nation’s fattest?
7/16/04 Obesity Is Not A Disease
Hysteria over obesity -- largely driven by an industry looking for a massive payday -- has led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open the door for Medicare to treat obesity as if it were a disease.
7/16/04 I, Robot or I, Rotund???
Summer’s blockbuster movie season is here, and while you might think that I, Robot star Will Smith is movie-star-fit, the flawed Body Mass Index standard says he’s “overweight.”
7/12/04 Hypocrisy In Science
The Center for Science in the Public Interest frequently uses corporate-funded research when it suits their own agenda.
6/3/04 Is Obesity an Epidemic?
New report disputes commonly used statistics, cites evidence of obesity hysteria driven by pharmaceutical industry.
5/27/04 Atkins lawsuit pushed by meat hating animal rights radicals
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine connected to yesterday's five-count animal rights terror indictments
5/26/04 Animal Rights Terrorism Arrests Tied To 'Mainstream' Animal Charities
Animal-Rights Terror Suspects Connected to PETA and its quasi-medical front group
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