"The number of overweight and obese Americans is growing at an alarming rate and shows no sign of slowing down.Last year, a nonprofit health organization conducted an obesity survey of all U.S. states comparing data from 2003-05 with statistics from 2004-06. The results were staggering.
The survey found obesity rates continued to rise in 31 of 50 states in 2006, according to Trust for America's Health. Not one state reported a decline.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two out of three Americans are overweight, and almost one in five are obese."
But this supplement maker is getting fatter selling crap, IMHO, to stupid people:
"The Los Angeles-based Herbalife is a global, multilevel marketing company that sells weight-control, nutritional and personal care products. Judging by its most recent quarterly results, there is big upside for its weight-management products.
In the fourth quarter, earnings rose 34% to 79 cents a share ex items. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected 73 cents...
Revenue climbed 19% to $578.1 million, driven by double-digit growth in several of Herbalife's top countries. It was the 16th straight quarter of double-digit growth.
Full-year revenue increased 14% to $2.2 billion, from $1.89 billion in 2006. Weight-control products accounted for more than 60% of sales."
W.C. Fields would have to modify the sucker birth rate to one per second, not minute.
"Herbalife faced a difficult challenge after the untimely death of its charismatic founder Mark Hughes, who died in 2000 from a prescription-drug overdose at age 44."
Must have had a sudden attack of conscience.
One could wonder, "Why the prescription drug?" if the Herbalife crap worked.
"'We're very optimistic about our future,' Johnson said. 'Last year was our best year yet, and we're just getting started.'"
Maybe there is a sucker born every half-second.
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