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RE: First Weight-Loss Drug for Children Approved
by Jeremy at 3:43 pm EST, Dec 20, 2003

PrimeNumbers wrote:
] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the
] first-ever weight-loss drug for children. Hoffman-La Roche's
] Xenical (orlistat) is now permitted to treat obese 12- to
] 16-year-olds, the company said in a statement.

]
] Just because there's a pill for it, doesn't mean the pill is
] the right solution. Especially for children. We learn our
] eating habits at home. What's going to hapen when these kids
] go off of their weight-loss drugs?

As I logged recently in Rumsfeld's Rules, "For every human problem there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong."

RE: First Weight-Loss Drug for Children Approved


 
 
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