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of Hofstra University. That includes $220 million on reducing resorts, $100 million on exercise equipment, $54 million on diet pills, and $1 billion on books, magazines, and other how-to-diet publications.
Dr. Maria Simonson, a Johns Hopkins University expert on obesity, says at any one time there are 9.5 million Athericans on a difet,' 'btffbrffy 29 pet *'cent will Idse 20 pounds or more, and only 6 per cent will keep it off.
She says there may be 2,000 diets around today, but less than half are physically and mentally safe. Doctors urge checking with them for advice and supervision before embarking on a diet.
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