<blockquote>Other than those fibs, the study was 100 percent authentic. My colleagues and I recruited actual human subjects in Germany. We ran an actual clinical trial, with subjects randomly assigned to different diet regimes. And the statistically significant benefits of chocolate that we reported are based on the actual data. It was, in fact, a fairly typical study for the field of diet research. Which is to say: It was terrible science. The results are meaningless, and the health claims that the media blasted out to millions of people around the world are utterly unfounded.

Here’s how we did it.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800">I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How.</a>.