They mass-marketed Alli (the miracle anal-leakage pill), and people snapped it up. This may be the newest fad in the bid to keep the pounds off:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/16879
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So this "walkstation" designed by Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic and Steelcase, the office furniture maker, could be the future if we don't want to be bunch of obese desk dwellers hunched over our keyboards day in, day out....
But Levine designed it for walking slowly because, he says, even just walking 1 mph can increase energy and burn calories. The idea is any kind of movement is better than no movement.
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At $6500 a pop, this baby ain't cheap. I'd also have a very hard time getting any work done on that thing, as I get dizzy if I try to read on the treadmill.
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