No quick fix for excess weight

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December 21, 2008 Sunday

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Dec 21, 2008

No quick fix for excess weight

By Judith Tan

QUICK-FIX weight loss programmes are everywhere and they all claim to produce easy weight loss.

However, doctors and dietitians say such magical short cuts do not offer long-term success and may even be dangerous.

Yet, many people in Singapore, particularly women, continue to try fad diets to look and feel better.

Read Judith Tan's full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

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