Boston overweight women - research study

[juldea]

Found in the Boston Metro today (WARNING - link goes to the .pdf of the entire newspaper - a big download!) (www.metropoint.com if it doesn't work):

Women, Caucasian, 20-45:
We are currently screening subjects 15-50 lbs overweight and reimburse $100 for a single 1-hour visit.
Blood/cheek cell samples, measures of gum health.
If interested, call 617-892-8365 or email weightresearchNOSPAM@forsyth.org (I assume you're smart enough to extract the email address from that - I don't want these poor people being spammed).

Hop on. I emailed. (And yes, folks, I am 15-50 lbs overweight. In fact, weight charts for my height say that I'm more than 50 lbs overweight. Those can bite me, though.)

Comments

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

Overweight. Right. That stupid BMI charts says that I'm almost overweight. Yes, 6 feet and 180lb is overweight according to that thing. Riiiiight.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Makes you wonder what doctors are the ones that set that up.

[descant.livejournal.com]

BMI charts never take fat ratio into consideration. My little brother is "overweight" despite being fit as a fiddle ..

[londo.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, I am just shy of obesity, via my BMI.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

You fatty.

[missamay.livejournal.com]

The missa is too almost fifty pounds over weight.. ooo that be nice.. 100 dollars just for being a little hefty..

Missa

[ex-krink990.livejournal.com]

And just to be different, I'm 40 pounds underweight according to those silly things.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Riiiiight. I mean, you're thin, but 40 pounds?!

[sammid.livejournal.com]

I wanna go :(
Why don't they have cool shit like that here!