Article: Weight loss supplements: Weighing the legal risks; America's appetite for diet pills is growing along with its waistline and so is the threat of litigation and regulatory action against supplement manufactures.

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that two of every three American adults are overweight or obese, and a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine strongly suggests a link between being overweight and developing cancer. Yet another article in the journal Pediatrics theorizes a link between obesity and birth defects. However, despite medical professionals' dire warnings regarding serious health risks associated with extra pounds, many Americans seem unable to put down the fork and pick up a gym membership. They are also remarkably eager to blame someone else for their weight loss ...

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