Article: Experts criticize diet pills searching for FDA approval

Fred Davis
University Wire
02-03-2006
(University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Near the end of the last May, University of Kansas student Nicole wanted to cut 30 pounds from her 5-foot-9, 173-pound frame. Her lifestyle at that time was not suitable to losing the weight. Diet pills presented a reasonable alternative.

Nicole, who requested her last name not be used, said she worked out three to four times a week for the first month while taking a diet pill called Release. She soon stopped working out, yet continued taking the pill. Her weight fluctuated up and down, but Nicole saw no real progress.

Nicole is part of a growing number of overweight Americans. This population is one ...

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