Weighing weight-loss patch claims

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 21:07 in Mathematics & Economics

Slap 'em on and watch the pounds melt away? Don't bet on it. One expert calls them 'beyond ridiculous.' If every "miracle" weight-loss product really did the job, people everywhere would be cinching up their belts, gyms would become eerily quiet and TV stations would soon run out of B-roll footage of big bellies at the mall.

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