Seen on a Lean Pockets box:
Seems little different than the typical "eating this made me lose weight!" claims on many similar products. However, this woman claims that "After being heavy for 48 years, I was tired of worrying about tight airline seats." This is the ONLY reason given for her desire to lose weight. Maybe those seats are just so small, and she wasn't really that fat? Oh no sir- according to the statistics given, pre-diet she weighed 247. As a 5'3" woman, that gives her a BMI of 43.7, miles beyond the cutoff for "obese," which is a BMI of 30 above. I'm really glad that profit-mongering and service-cutting by airline companies has had the effect of convincing Americans to lose weight. Clearly having an armrest in one's side is more uncomfortable than, you know, heart attack, diabetes, or just being in the category of "morbidly obese" (BMI over 40). I'm sure they used the word "morbidly" on a whim.
Seems little different than the typical "eating this made me lose weight!" claims on many similar products. However, this woman claims that "After being heavy for 48 years, I was tired of worrying about tight airline seats." This is the ONLY reason given for her desire to lose weight. Maybe those seats are just so small, and she wasn't really that fat? Oh no sir- according to the statistics given, pre-diet she weighed 247. As a 5'3" woman, that gives her a BMI of 43.7, miles beyond the cutoff for "obese," which is a BMI of 30 above. I'm really glad that profit-mongering and service-cutting by airline companies has had the effect of convincing Americans to lose weight. Clearly having an armrest in one's side is more uncomfortable than, you know, heart attack, diabetes, or just being in the category of "morbidly obese" (BMI over 40). I'm sure they used the word "morbidly" on a whim.
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