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Article: LA Fitness to launch weight loss center in Bedford, England.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- October 13, 2004
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By Nick Goodway, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 13--With 60 percent of the population officially overweight, LA Fitness, the last remaining major quoted healthclubs operator, is to launch a stand-alone weight loss centre.
The trial site will be alongside its gym in Bedford. However, it will be specifically targeted at the kind of people who are reluctant to join healthclubs but are concerned about their well-being. If the test proves popular, LA Fitness will roll the concept out across the UK.
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