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Wearing Thin.(movie stars, losing weight)
Wearing Thin
How are those stars losing so much weight? While the spin is willpower and workouts, the answer may be in a dangerous drug. By Deanna Kizis
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publicist, a trainer, and a young movie star are in the green room of a popular talk show, having a meeting minutes before a live television interview. The star looks fabulous. Well, kind of. In the last eight weeks she's lost 30 pounds-now even a size 2 dress has to be taken in to fit her tiny frame. Her weight loss has been documented feverishly in the press: What's wrong with "X"? Is "X" on a dangerous new diet? Then there are the photographs; as the celebrity tabloids hit the stands ...
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