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To: mph who wrote (102180)	4/28/2005 9:11:25 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 108807

Instead of working out, people prefer to be duped by hyped up machines promising to melt off belly fat and create six pack abs through passive electrical impulses--- devices that can be used while drinking a beer with feet propped up on the coffee table next to the cheetos and remote control. lol! (guess this means i'm going for the no questions asked refund!) :) Oddly, the other side of the coin is the increasing obesity of youth. I don't subscibe to the notion that "big is beautiful." It's unhealthy to be significantly overweight. Insistence that there's nothing wrong with it, while it may be helpful to the psyche and avoid extreme behaviors that animate eating disorders, is no answer. It's just another form of self-indulgence, just at the other side of the spectrum from the "instant gratification" POV. Just my 2 centavos. very good point, m... whatever happened to moderation? if people would simply moderate their consumption and add even moderate daily exercise a multi billion dollar industry would have a considerably smaller market The only answer I can see is to encourage teens---and anyone else for that matter-- to live a healthy lifestyle, which actually means self-discipline and some hard work! (Gee, what a concept!) yes indeed... and parents can do that best by setting their own example