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World Service,3 mins

Anti fat pill to combat obesity

The Newsroom

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This sounds too good to be true but scientists have discovered a pill, already in use as a medicine for humans, that allows you to eat as much fat as you want and not gain weight. There is one caveat though - so far it's fat reducing properties have only been tested on mice. Professor Anne Eichmann of Yale University told Alex Ritson humans could be next. (Photo: Obese man eating. Credit: Science Photo Library)

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