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Lead Stories: Saturday, November 22, 2008

Fainting dieters a top cause of NYC subway delays

Posted January 9th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Gina Pellrine

Section: News & Results, Health & Fitness, Weight Loss

According to New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), fainting passengers, dizzy from dieting, are one of the top reasons for delays on the NYC subway lines.

AM New York recently reported that the MTA found that between October 2005 and 2006, an average of 395 subway delays per month were caused by sick riders. Although the MTA does not keep official records of the sick riders’ specific ailments, transit emergency medical technicians, such as Asim Nelson, confirmed that a very high percentage of those who fainted did so because they had missed meals and/or not eaten enough.
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Other stories of interest: December 21, 2006

Posted December 21st, 2006 at 2:48 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Announcements

From time to time TFS will try and highlight other stories, usually news related, that you might find of interest:

‘06 Chicago Marathon raises $9.2 million for charity — Press Release

Maxed out! When exercisers go overboard — MSNBC

Running Times Celebrates Thirty Years of Rivalry – RunAthena.com

Seven Diet Sins — WebMD

Great Gift Ideas for Trail Runners - Trail Running Blog

Dog saves injured athlete’s life — Rocky Mountain News

4 things to enlighten your dark runs — Just Your Average Joggler

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