Article: THE GREAT DIET PILL LIE.

Byline: Sadie Nicholas

FED up with being fat?

Desperate to lose your love handles before that late summer holiday?

Forget doing the sensible thing of eating less and moving more, all you need to do is pop down to your nearest slimming clinic, hand over around ?60 for a supply of appetite-suppressing pills and the weight will fall off in days.

Or so the glossy adverts would have you believe.

Just don't expect to be quizzed about your suitability for taking such drugs.

Don't ask too many questions about the dangerous side-effects.

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