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Article: Americans, LSU students turn to diet pills for quick fix despite risks
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- University Wire
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- January 26, 2007
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Tara Summers
University Wire
01-26-2007
(The Daily Reveille) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Amy Triche and Kristalynn Kindschuh know the pressures to stay thin in American society all too well.
Diet pill companies target women and men across the United States to see diet supplements as miracle pills, but four brands were recently levied for unproven claims.
The Federal Trade Commission fined Bayer One-A-Day Weight Smart, TrimSpa, Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim and CortiStress more than $25 million for deceptive marketing of the diet drugs.
Claims made by diet pill producers must match research done on the product, said Louis Day, alumnus professor of mass communication. In the case of the fined diet ...
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