Weight Loss Pills: Fact Or Fiction?

Enjoy your bacon sandwich, while we walk you through the facts and fictions of what science can — and maybe someday, will — do to help people lose weight safely.

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http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/medication/diet-pill1.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/fat-cell1.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessResource/story?id=6770131
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031942210002967
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/WeightLoss-HealthProfessional/
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