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Article: PILL MILLS WEIGHT LOSS CENTER PINNING HOPES FOR FAT PROFITS ON DIET DRUGS - AND DOCTORS HIRED TO PRESDRIBE THEM ON DEMAND
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 27, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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So. You're determined to lose those 20 pounds this year. Okay,
maybe a little more. Really. Once and for all.
You go to your friendly family doctor, who's been badgering you
for years to gets those pounds off with diet and exercise.
You explain that you've tried. And tried. And tried. You beg
for some of those trendy prescription diet pills like the
recently-approved Redux or the two-drug combo "fen/phen."
To your dismay, your doctor says no, you're not that fat -- you
don't have a body mass index, or BMI, of 30 or more.
Not fat enough? With 300,000 Americans dying every year from
obesity and you on your way to joining them? With everyone from your
once-favorite doctor to your nearest and ...