Re: Larry King:Diet Debate

[Guest guest]

I didn't see it either but here is a link to the transcript..

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/19/lkl.01.html

Has anyone read Taube's new book? What are his credentials, does

anyone know?

>

> I didn't get to see it, but last night, Larry King

> hosted a diet debate on his show. I am sure the

> transcript will be up today or this weekend.

>

> Anyway, he ran a poll at his website. Here are the

> results

>

> Do you need to lose weight?

>

> No 10% 181

> A few pounds 7% 134

> 5-10 pounds 16% 303

> 10-25 pounds 26% 478

> 25+ pounds 38% 717

> I need to gain weight 3% 51

> Total Votes: 1864

>

> This is not a scientific poll.

>

>

> While it is not a scientific poll, the numbers are

> right in line with national averages. 66% of

> Americans are overweight/obest with 33% obese.

>

> According to his poll, 38% need to lost 25 or more

> pounds so are probably " obese " . 64% need to lose 10

> or more pounds, so are probably overweight. 87% think

> they need to lose " some " weight with only 3% wanting

> to gain and 10% thinking they are OK.

>

> Interesting

> Jeff

>

> PS if any of you are in Boston, I am giving two free

> talks at the Boston Food Fest today at noon and at 4

> PM. You can find out more here..

http://www.bostonveg.org/foodfest/speakers.html

>

[Guest guest]

a little not on ...

Taubes has made himself a name by being

controversial. Years ago he wrote an article saying

salt had absolutely nothing to do with HTN.

About 6 years ago he made the front page of the Sunday

NY Times color section with his infamous Does Fat Make

You Fat? cover and article " what if its all been a big

fat lie " .

While it generated lots of media attention, one week

later Sally Squires wrote a rebuttal in the Washington

Post interviewing all the experts used in his

article and they all said he took their intformation

out of context and misrepresented it and left out

parts that invalidated his theories from their

interviews.

But, as we all know, people like to hear good news

about their bad habits so Sally Squires rebutall faded

from attention and Taubes article is quoted

(MISquoting experts) to this day.

Its all a Woody movie now.

jeff

[Guest guest]

Re: Larry King:Diet Debate

Posted by: " Jeff Novick " chefjeff40@... chefjeff40

Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:08 am (PST)

and here is the CSPI rebuttal to the G Taubes article

Here is another response by Micheal Fumento from

Reason magazine

http://www.reason.com/news/show/28714.html

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All

By the way, I don't know if you noticed, but when you read the article in

reason.com, there is a funny article of the Presidential Body Mass Index, that

includes a chart of the BMI of presidents of the US in history. Of the recent

presidents, Jimmy was on the lower end of BMI.

Cheers,

Arturo

http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/10/13/could-al-gore-crush-hillary-well-obviously/