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Diet Ad Crackdown

By Patti Neighmond
Published November 22, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on the Federal Trade Commission's action against false claims in diet advertisements.

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Patti Neighmond
Award-winning journalist Patti Neighmond is NPR's health policy correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
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