But whats wrong with us that we dont already know a diet scam when we see one? Some of us seriously believed that we could sprinkle a magic dust on our food and lose weight. People want to believe this stuff works, because they want a quick fix, says Mary Marian, clinical dietitian and instructor at the University of Arizona. And they just move from one new product to the next in hopes that something is finally going to work. Sensas marketing, even after the http://finance.yahoo.com/news/garcinia-cambogia-extract-investigation-now-190000760.html FTC judgment, suggests that you dont need restrictive diets to lose weight.
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Should Your Employer Recommend Weight-Loss Drugs?
Sales of the new drugs have been slow . Al Lewis, a consultant to employers on wellness programs and a co-author of Cracking Health Costs , says employers have no business playing doctor, and the idea of suggesting drug treatments crosses a line: Its one thing for them dr oz garcinia cambogia to cover it, but its another thing for them to advocate it. A vocal critic of wellness programs, Lewis says Aetna offering the program only to self-insured clients should be a warning. If Im an employer, and my insurer that has millions of covered lives doesnt find this program to have enough merit to offer when its paying the tab, why should I pay the tab? he says. Aetna hasnt ruled out offering the same program to its fully insured health plans, in which Aetna would be paying the cost of the drugs and reaping any savings from lower obesity-related costs, Pezalla says. The company is currently talking to employers interested in the program, though none has signed on yet.
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