WYETH-AYERST FUNDING OBESITY TREATMENT GUIDELINES BY SHAPE UP AMERICA, AOA; REDUX ALLURE TO WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS MEANS FREE ADS BUT LESS CONTROL
Executive Summary
Wyeth-Ayerst is partially funding guidelines for the treatment of obesity under development by Shape Up America and the American Obesity Association through an unrestricted grant to the C. Everett Koop Foundation's Shape Up America "national campaign for healthy weight and physical fitness."
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