"The Olympics for us is part of who we are as a company," said Kerner.

Athletes competing at the collegiate, Olympic or professional levels all have their favorite time to exercise, time for meals and choice of foods.

In the past eight years,China has spared no efforts to host internatinal sporting events and creat a green environment for our Olympic dream.

In the last 20 years I have published a few books, but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006, when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy. That made me a celebrity.

From a practical perspective, then, exercise is never going to be an effective way of slimming, unless you have the training schedule - and the willpower - of an Olympic athlete.