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A Diet Pill That Expands So You Don't

06.08.07

MILAN -- Italian scientists are testing a new diet pill that turns into a clear, gelatinous blob the size of a tennis ball that may help shrink waistlines by giving dieters a sense of satiety.


Jelly belly: from about the size of a spit wad the compound grows to a tennis ball so dieters sit down feeling full.