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Chilean authorities fear that the 33 miners trapped underground might get too fat to fit through the escape shaft at Christmas. Incredibly, the miners survived the 17 days before they were located by each eating two spoons of tuna, a few sips of milk and half a biscuit every 48 hours. But with those starvation rations now over there are fears that the group will put on weight due a lack of exercise in the very confined space, according to Health Minister Jaime Manalich. It has also emerged today that the owners of the mine failed to install an emergency...

A new advertisement being distributed throughout Sweden is raising fat people's hopes that they can lose weight through their feet. Not, however, by running with them. According to the Swedish Consumer Agency, the miracle comes in bandage form, is to be placed on the skin on the bottom of the foot and is to be worn at night. It is supposed to "suck out fat like a vacuum sucks up dirt - up to 44 kilograms of fat straight from the body," according to Doctor Charles Kingston in the advertisement for the company Lipo-Slim Laboratories. The multi-page ad recommends consumers...