Health
My face was used to sell weight loss pills, but my best diet advice is basic – The Sydney Morning Herald
Fad diets are not a long-term plan for sustained health, but a shorter-term tool for rapid weight loss that most people can’t keep off.

It turns out Kathleen was a woman in her mid-60s who had been targeted by advertising on Facebook and fell for the scam, paying almost $500. I was outraged. I posted warnings on my social media accounts, asked my followers to be careful, alerted the ABC, called my medical indemnity team and contacted Scamwatch.
Unfortunately, I discovered that when someone steals your identity and uses it to sell weight loss products, there is very little you can do.
I went through a bizarre range of emotions, but…
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