From TMZ.com

The Skechers fitness shoes Kim Kardashian tried to convince you to buy don’t actually work … not even a little bit … so says the federal government.

The Federal Trade Commission has determined Skechers made unfounded claims about its Shape-Ups shoes … pushed by hot-bodied spokespeople like Kim K and Brooke Burke.

According to the FTC, Skechers lied about clinical studies which the company said proved the shoes help people lose weight and strengthen muscles in the ass, legs and stomach.

In fact, Skechers has agreed to pay $45 million in settlement costs … and anyone who bought the shoes will be eligible for a refund.

Still, Skechers is reportedly disputing the FTC decision — and plans to conduct more research on the effects of the shoe.

Related Article from SeattlePI.com

Skechers to pay $45 million over alleged butt-toning shoes

Did anyone really think that wearing Skechers’ weird-looking “Shape-up” sneakers would give them the shapely butt of Kim Kardashian?

Doesn’t matter. The sneaker company has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit over its advertising claims that its “rocker-bottom” shoes help people lose flab and tone their butt, legs and abs. The lawsuit was filed by the Federal Trade Commssion and 44 states including Washington.

Washington will get $117,138 of the settlement. Consumers who bought “toning” shoes, including Shape-ups, Tone-ups, Toners and Resistance Runners, are eligible for refunds through the Federal Trade Commission.

The lawsuit said Skechers did not have adequate evidence to support its health and fitness claims in ads, some of which featured celebrities Kim Kardashian and Brooke Burke…

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Skechers-to-pay-45-million-over-alleged-3563138.php

By Ashley Kindergan in TheDaily.com

Reining in a worsening obesity epidemic even after years of widespread attention to the dangers of fat requires sweeping changes to nearly every aspect of American life, a new study says.

A 478-page report released yesterday by the Institute of Medicine said that blaming overweight and obese people for not losing weight hasn’t been effective in reducing obesity levels. The report recommended more aggressive, systemic changes, such as taking steps to make healthy food options available at competitive prices in more places where Americans eat, limiting the marketing of unhealthy food to children and increasing the focus on physical activity and healthy eating in schools.

“People have a very tough time achieving healthy weights when inactive lifestyles are the norm and inexpensive, high-calorie foods and drinks are readily available 24 hours a day,” said Dan Glickman, a former U.S. agriculture secretary who chaired the committee that wrote the report. “Individuals and groups can’t solve this complex problem alone.”

A separate study released Monday predicted that 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030, up from 34 percent now.

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Combining the CrossFit training methodology with a diet of meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar brings “a jet stream of adaptation,” says CrossFit founder Greg Glassman.

In the pyramid Glassman created, nutrition is the foundation, with met-cons, gymnastics, weightlifting and throwing, and sport following.

“Each level builds on the level below it,” explains Nicole Carroll, director of certification. “If your nutrition sucks, these things will not be where they could be if it were more solid.”

Likewise, Glassman says CrossFit favors Barry Sears’ Zone Diet “because it does give me accurate and precise prescription for caloric intake and, more importantly, the exact levels of macronutrient that I can start at.”

Likewise, trainers and coaches can make informed decisions on how to tweak an athlete’s diet for improved performance, he says.

CrossFit HQ trainer Pat Sherwood says nutrition isn’t an either/or aspect of training.

“It’s not quality or quantity. It can and it should be both.”