Who's Responsible?

At FitnessLaw, we believe that those who misled you and whom you reasonably followed, are responsible for your fitness failure and its consequences.

We believe that the consequences of your failure from having followed bad fitness advice may include:

• worsened health
• unnecessary surgery
• needless medications
• lost money
• lost time
• emotional damage
• and more

We believe that the following entities may be responsible to you for the consequences of your failed attempt(s) at getting fitter:

• Media Personalities (e.g., Oprah - The Oprah Winfrey Show, O magazine, etc.; Barbara Walters (The View))
  • Oprah - see here, here, and here
• Diet Gurus (e.g., Jorge Cruise; David Katz, MD; Mehmet Oz, MD)
  • Jorge Cruise/David Katz, MD - see here, here, here and here
  • Mehmet Oz, MD - see here and here
• Medical Centers (e.g., Harvard, Mayo Clinic)
  • Harvard - see here
  • Mayo - see here and here
• Media (e.g., TV Networks and their local outlets (e.g., ABC and its parent company, Disney); Internet Content Providers (e.g., Time-Warner); Publishers (e.g., Rodale, HarperCollins))
• Consumer Organizations (e.g., Consumer Reports)
  • Consumer Reports - see here
• Physicians (e.g., medical doctors, osteopaths, chiropractors)
• Medical Organizations/Societies (e.g., The AMA, AAP)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics - see here
• Dietitians/Nutritionists
  • American Dietetic Association - see here
• Trainers
• Fitness Equipment Manufacturers (e.g., Bowflex)
  • Bowflex - see here
• Nutritional Supplement Companies
• Food Industry Trade Groups (e.g., dairy)
  • Big White (milk) - see here
• Commercial Weight Loss Programs (e.g., The Zone (tm), 3-Hour Diet (tm))
  • Zone - see here
  • 3-Hour - see here, here, here and here
• Pharmaceutical Companies
• Internet-based Diet Marketers (e.g., eDiets)
• And others

If you have followed the advice of any of the above (or the experts they promote) and failed in your diet or physical fitness efforts, you can contact us for a consultation to understand how you may have been harmed.