Diabetes PSA Uses Fake Amputee

[Northerner]

We've heard of Photoshopping models to make them look thinner, but the photo editors at New York City's Department of Health made it look like a model dropped an entirely different kind of weight. In a new ad campaign warning of the dangers of type 2 diabetes, the city features an overweight man with one leg amputated accompanied by the warning, "Portions have grown. So has type 2 diabetes, which can lead to amputations." Below, it shows how the standard sizes of fast food soda cups have grown exponentially in the past few decades.

http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-eat/diabetes-psa-uses-fake-amputee

 

[Northerner]

Follow up story:

'I even got crutches. Come on people': Actor cries after finding his leg was 'amputated' for city's Photoshopped diabetes advert

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...w-York-diabetes-advert.html?ito=feeds-newsxml