Prescription weight loss vs supplements

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I don't agree with either personally!!

In response to a recent BMJ editorial claiming that only drugs are

effective for weight loss, members of the global food and supplements

industries have defended the efficacy of their products, calling the article

the * " latest misinformed campaign " .*

Published last month in the reputable *British Medical Journal*, the

editorial by a professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Glasgow's

Faculty of Medicine stated that food and supplement products targeting weight

loss<http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/content/search?SearchText=weight+loss>are

ineffective and misleading for consumers.

* " Of hundreds of products on sale, only appropriately delivered diets and

exercise, orlistat, sibutramine, and bariatric surgery are safe,

efficacious, and cost effective. The remainder should not be marketed until

we have evidence for their effectiveness and safety, " * wrote the author, M E

J Lean <http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/content/search?SearchText=Lean> in

an editorial entitled Trading regulations and health foods.

REST of article:

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Publications/Food-Beverage-Nutrition/NutraIngre\

dients/Industry/Industry-defends-weight-loss-products-against-academic-attack/?c\

=r%2FqtYdnCKMjVBVzpYvc5BA%3D%3D

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Ortiz, RD

Great sites:

http://whatstheharm.net/

http://www.skepdoc.info/