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  Jared Fogle - Bloomingpedia
Jared Fogle (born January 1, 1978 in Indianapolis, IN) is the national spokesperson for Subway restaurants.
Jared is known as "The Subway Guy" for losing 245 pounds in a single year on a self-designed "Subway diet".
Jared has appeared in over 20 commercials, and is participating in the Jared and Friends School Tour, sponsored by the American Heart Association.
www.bloomingpedia.org /wiki/Jared_Fogle   (588 words)

  
 Jared Fogle
In March of 1998, Fogle was a student at Indiana University who weighed 425 lb (192 kg).
Fogle was parodied in a 2000 '' Saturday Night Live '' sketch and again in a 2002 '' South Park '' episode where he confesses to have aides, people confuse it with him having AIDS.
Jared appears in the 2004 film '' Super Size Me '', a documentary dealing with the effects of a fast food diet on health.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Jared_Fogle   (380 words)

  
 For Jared, less is more
Jared Fogle, who famously lost 245 pounds while eating mainly Subway sandwiches, urged children at Horizon Intermediate School on Friday to choose exercise and limit junk food.
Fogle, who this week lobbied congressional members to fund more cardiovascular and stroke research, said he supports a bill the Arizona Senate approved Thursday that would ban the sale of soft drinks, candy and gum during the school day starting in July 2006.
Fogle told students he gradually began to believe he could lose weight, and since he lived next door to a Subway, he decided to start eating there often.
www.azcentral.com /community/ahwatukee/articles/0416ar-jared16Z14.html   (701 words)

  
 Jared Fogle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jared S. Fogle (born December 1, 1977 in Indianapolis, IN), commonly known as "The Subway Guy", is a spokesman used by Subway restaurants in its television advertising campaign.
In March 1998, Fogle was a student at Indiana University and weighed 425 pounds (192 kg).
Jared is participating in the Jared and Friends School Tour, sponsored by the American Heart Association.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jared_Fogle   (597 words)

  
 Jared Fogle at AllExperts
Jared S. Fogle (born January 1, 1978 in Indianapolis, IN), nicknamed "Jared the Subway Guy", is a spokesman used by Subway restaurants in its television advertising campaign.
Fogle, who is Jewish, recently spoke at the grand opening of the first Kosher Subway in Cleveland.
Jared appears in the 2004 film Super Size Me, a documentary dealing with the effects of a fast food diet on health.
en.allexperts.com /e/j/ja/jared_fogle.htm   (403 words)

  
 Two low-fat subs a day takes 245 pounds away
Jared Fogle is half the man he used to be.
Even though the "Jared" diet is not one physicians or dieticians would recommend, his father told him that if it was working he should stick with it.
After Fogle shed the equivalent of a Steelers cornerback, his friend and Pittsburgh native Ryan Coleman chronicled the event in the university newspaper.
www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20010126jared6.asp   (1079 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Subway's campaign with weight-loss icon Jared Fogle keeps rolling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fogle is "Jared the Subway Guy," famous because he lost 245 pounds a few years ago by eating Subway subs and not much else.
Fogle was recently in town for a Subway-sponsored American Heart Association walk and spoke to school children about nutrition.
Fogle said he'll continue to be "Jared the Subway Guy" for as long as they keep sending the stretch limousine to pick him up for appearances.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2001791683_subwayguy15.html   (842 words)

  
 OPENSEWER.COM - The Cult of Jared
Jared rocketed to stardom after he dropped from 425 pounds to 190 on a strict diet of Subway sandwiches.
Jared rose to fame because his diet stimulated a tremendous psychological mechanism, one rooted deep in the American psyche.
Jared Fogle rose to fame for the same reason that every new diet book tops the bestseller list--for the same reason that dieting is the favorite subject of TV talk shows, soft television news, and nearly every major women's magazine.
www.opensewer.com /articles/jared/jared1.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Personal Health | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
Fogle's snoring (a symptom of Jared's sleep apnea, which was exacerbated by his excess weight).
Fogle didn't realize how bad it was till he found a note on the dorm's public message board, boldfaced in thick red ink: "Why don't you snore out your butt some more, Jared!!!"
Fogle, the little moments remain the most satisfying, such as when he saw his college friend after losing much of the weight.
www.pe.com /sharedcontent/health/stories/112106cckkHEALTHsubway.fd3ecfb.html   (600 words)

  
 Subway's Jared spreads the word in Seattle
Jared Fogle, shown with one of his old shirts, revels in his everyman appeal.
Fogle, who says he started gaining weight in the third and fourth grades, doesn't have a detailed plan for when his Subway ride ends, but he knows he wants to do something for overweight kids.
And who Fogle is is a guy hellbent on inspiring people to change their lives for the better.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /health/156801_jared16.html   (843 words)

  
 IDS: Subway's Jared Fogle speaks in Bloomington (Region, 10/16/2006)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Subway icon Jared Fogle returned to his home, coming to Bloomington on Saturday morning to speak to a crowd of about 100 community members about his Subway weight-loss experience.
Fogle was already living in the apartment building at the intersection of Atwater and Woodlawn Avenues and eating Subway occasionally when he came across a brochure about the low-fat subs in 1998.
Even though Fogle said he could have made a sandwich on his own, he stuck to the diet because it allowed him to actually go out to eat and feel normal in that way.
www.idsnews.com /news/print.php?id=38385   (622 words)

  
 Jared chews the fat at MU
Jared Fogle, Subway sandwich shop spokesman, stood in front of a nutrition class yesterday and pulled his size 60 jeans out of a worn leather backpack.
Jared Fogle, the Subway spokesman who became famous for losing 200 pounds by eating his employer’s sandwiches, waits to be introduced yesterday to a nutrition class on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.
Fogle conceded that he is not a nutritionist and was only there to tell his story.
www.columbiatribune.com /2006/Jan/20060118News010.asp   (499 words)

  
 Archives: Story
Thanks to a strict diet of health-conscious Subway sandwiches, Jared Fogle may be less than 50% his former size, but he is still 100% Jewish and delighted to be associated with the first North American kosher Subway, recently opened at the JCC.
Fogle keeps several pairs of his former pants, each measuring sixty inches in the waist, in order to show how much weight he has lost and kept off.
Fogle, who became a bar mitzvah in Israel on a Federation- and synagogue-sponsored trip there and was confirmed at his Conservative-Reconstructionist synagogue, was impressed with the concept of launching a kosher Subway, where the religious observant as well as other people could enjoy a higher standard of food service.
www.clevelandjewishnews.com /articles/2006/06/16/news/local/jared0616.txt   (783 words)

  
 Aiken Today || Subway's Jared Fogle visits North Augusta Elementary
NORTH AUGUSTA — "Living large" was an everyday thing for much of Jared Fogle's early years, but a shift in his priorities changed his lifestyle and waistline drastically, eventually thrusting him into the pop-culture spotlight and leading him to a Tuesday appearance at North Augusta Elementary School.
Fogle explained that much of the trouble started on his eighth birthday, when he received a Nintendo video-game system as a present and began to sink into inactivity.
Fogle urged his North Augusta Elementary School listeners to consider a few basic adjustments, in terms of focusing less on junk food and more on healthful options, as well as getting exercise in moderation, whether indoors or out.
www.aikenstandard.com /homepage/288307583024120.php   (812 words)

  
 For Subway spokesman, less is more
Fogle, who lives in Indianapolis, tours the world talking to children and adults about the importance of nutritious eating and exercise.
Fogle told students he gradually began to believe he could lose weight, and since he lived next door to a Subway, he decided to start eating there.
Fogle told students it's OK to eat some junk food, but only in moderation.
www.azcentral.com /community/gilbert/articles/0419ar-jared16Z12.html   (655 words)

  
 SUBWAY - Eat Fresh ™
Jared Fogle was a 425lb (30 stone) student at Indiana University in March 1998 when he noticed a sign at the SUBWAY®; store near his apartment promoting the chain’s “7 under 6” menu – seven submarine sandwiches with six grams of fat or less.
Jared has taken his story to others through his participation in the American Heart Association’s American Heart Walk throughout the country and by visiting school children as part of Jared’s School Tour, where Jared tells of his experiences as an obese child and encourages children to eat better and exercise.
Jared’s appearance in commercials for the SUBWAY®; chain have prompted thousands of people to send letters and photos all telling how Jared was the inspiration for their own weight-loss accomplishments.
www.subway.co.uk /jared.asp   (467 words)

  
 None More Comic - Jared Fogle Sucks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jared did not in fact have to walk to Subway to buy his sandwiches, so exercise wasn't a part of his miraculous weight loss.
He asked what it was, and Jared said that lately he'd been coughing up stuff in his sleep, so rather than get up and go to the bathroom, he'd just tilt his head and spit it into the cup.
So for weeks, Jared Fogle had this mug of phlegm on his bedside table because he was too lazy to move.
nonemore.comicgenesis.com /jared.html   (304 words)

  
 Diet & Weight Loss, with Subway’s Jared Fogle
But Jared Fogle rocketed to stardom by doing just that — losing 245 pounds in a most unusual way, eating fast-food sandwiches.
Known around the world as the “Subway Guy,” Jared is one of the most famous faces on the planet.
Jared recently took time from his busy schedule to have a candid interview with Post contributing editor Joan Durham.
store.sepstore.org /diwelowisuja.html   (139 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Jared, the Subway Guy: Winning Through Losing: 13 Lessons for Turning Your Life Around by Jared Fogle
Jared Fogle was a seriously overweight Indiana University student when he decided that only he—not doctors, family, or well-meaning friends—could turn his life around.
"Jared is one of the most recognizable advertising icons of the last decade, and one of the most successful — sales at Subway franchises skyrocketed after the debut of TV commercials describing how he lost nearly 250 pounds by eating two sandwiches a day.
Jared Fogle began appearing in Subway advertisements in 2000, after spectacular weight loss eating the chain’s sandwiches.
www.powells.com /biblio/2-0312353588-1   (652 words)

  
 Jared Fogle goes on the attack for Subway's low-fat sandwiches Nation's Restaurant News - Find Articles
Jared Fogle no longer is the congenial fellow in the Subway ads who talks about losing weight because he ate the chain's low-fat sandwiches.
That aside, Subway's use of Fogle and Lovitz in commercials of different style, tone and message is a smart tactic.
Fogle is not indispensable to Subway's marketing efforts, but he has, in a small way, almost become the brand, in the same way Dave Thomas became the Wendy's brand.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_45_40/ai_n16832785   (684 words)

  
 Columns: Greg Wood Meets His Idol, Jared Fogle
Jared Fogle is a man from Indiana, who lost 245 pounds by his self-created Subway diet.
I grabbed a card with Jared’s photo on it from a table inside the store, and proceeded outside to talk to the man. Adam was with me the whole way, camera in hand.
I could achieve no greater feat than actually talking with Jared Fogle, "the Subway guy." I take pride in having met one of the biggest celebrities of all time.
www.mccallie.org /tornadoX/columns/Issue4/greg&jared11-15.htm   (822 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Jared, The Subway Guy : Winning Through Losing 13 Steps for Turning Your Life Around: Books: Jared ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jared is one of the most recognizable advertising icons of the last decade, and one of the most successful—sales at Subway franchises skyrocketed after the debut of TV commercials describing how he lost nearly 250 pounds by eating two sandwiches a day.
But while those ads focused on the feel-good angle of his accomplishment, Jared's memoir explores the frightening aspects of being at high risk for heart attack at the age of 20 and the frustration of all his previous failed attempts at dieting.
Jared has also appeared on Oprah, Larry King Live, the Today Show, Good Morning America, the Jane Pauly Show and has made hundreds of speaking appearances and public appearances at sports and civic events.
www.amazon.ca /Jared-Subway-Guy-Through-Turning/dp/0312353588   (456 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots - Jared S. Fogle (Subway Sandwiches)
As Jared began to lose weight, he introduced a regimen of walking exercises into his diet (1.5 miles a day) and eventually dropped 245 pounds.
Jared soon became a minor celebrity and appeared on TV talk shows as well as in an article in USA Today.
Soon after their marriage, The Fogle's domestic life was featured in a Subway commercial where Jared and his new bride attended to such household duties as cutting the lawn, cleaning out gutters, etc. And where did Jared go for a meal after a hard days work?...Subway, of course.
www.tvacres.com /admascots_jared_subway.htm   (538 words)

  
 Jared Fogle
Jared Fogle's story is bizarre but all-American, and all true.
Exercise was not part of Fogle's plan, but after a few months he noticed he had more energy, and started walking to class.
After a few years of "Jared the Subway Guy" commercials, Subway's research showed that audiences were growing weary of Fogle, and they began phasing him out of their ads.
www.nndb.com /people/955/000044823   (618 words)

  
 Jared Takes Steps To Help Kids Fight Fat - DrDonnica.com - The First Name in Women's Health
By 1998, Jared was a junior in college and morbidly obese.
But Jared credits his roommate and high school friend, Junyang Lou, with finally getting through to him that his weight problem was beginning to seriously jeopardize his health.
According to Jared, it now has a smaller deli round sandwich and instead of chips and soda there is now a juice box and a fruit roll-up.
www.drdonnica.com /display.asp?article=8647   (1300 words)

  
 Subway Singapore:: Jared S. Fogle
Jared tipped the scales at 435 pounds while a student at Indiana University.
Earlier this year, Jared embarked on the “Jared and Friends School Tour” which is designed to teach children the benefits of healthy living.
Jared has appeared on the “Oprah” show and “Larry King Live,” was the subject of a story on the CBS news program “48 hours” and was featured in the Washington Post, to name just a few.
www.subway.com.sg /exec/sam/view/id=705/node=484   (672 words)

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