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Article: Study: Diet Pills Need Boost From Exercise
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- November 18, 2005
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JEFF DONN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-18-2005
Dateline: BOSTON
There's no free lunch with diet pills, new research concludes: They work much better accompanied by the hard work of dieting and exercise.
The study backed by the National Institutes of Health is the biggest and best yet to demonstrate why obese people should adopt healthy habits, even if they take weight-loss drugs, researchers said.
"If you pit this medication against your favorite all-you-can-eat buffet, the ... buffet is going to win nine out of 10 times. So it's important you try to modify eating habits," advised University of Pennsylvania psychologist Thomas Wadden, who led the study published Thursday in The New ...