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Article: Perils of diet pills within a body-conscious society; Weight-loss supplements, an unregulated product, come under close scrutiny after the death of baseball pitcher Steve Bechler.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 21, 2003
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Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, yet they live in a culture that glorifies thinness. From actors to models, athletes to adolescents, millions of Americans are preoccupied with making their bodies slim and fit.
Enter the fad diets, the quick weight-loss fasts, and the multibillion-dollar diet-supplement industry. Some promise body perfection, a diet miracle in a pill that can slim you down in a matter of weeks.
But since the death on Monday of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, who had reportedly taken the weight loss supplement Xenadrine ...