Article: VOA NEWS: FIRST NON-PRESCRIPTION DIET PILL APPROVED BY US GOVERNMENT ON SALE

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Carol Pearson

With obesity an epidemic practically worldwide, drug companies have been in a race to find a diet pill that can be sold without a prescription. Glaxo Smith Klein won that race with a new drug called Alli. But, as VOA's Carol Pearson reports, it is no magic pill. Alli requires a commitment to a change in eating habits.

Americans alone spend more than a $1 billion a year on weight loss products. Imagine if the tens of millions of people worldwide had easy access to a diet pill.

"The market is so enormous and there are so many overweight people desperate for solutions," says Professor Kelly Brownell is director of Yale ...

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