Medics warn against weight loss supplements [GvCy8545WF6]

Medics warn against weight loss supplements [GvCy8545WF6]

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(13 Jul 2010) AP Television Berlin - 9 July 2010 1. Weight-loss supplements on shelf 2. Close of package 3. Close of packaging 4. Pull focus from one package to another 5. Alexandra Schellbach, BerlinApotheke nutritionist with customer, Schellbach gets a weight-loss supplement from shelf 6. Close of weight-loss supplement in hands 7. Close of hands holding up weight-loss supplement 8. Close of customer's hand holding weight-loss supplement, tilt up to Schellbach's face 9. Schellbach scanning product and typing on screen 10. Close of customer's hands taking product and giving money AP Television G�ttingen - 10 July 2010 11. Wide exterior of the G�ttingen University Medical building, pan to left 12. Close of flags reading "Universit�ts Medizin G�ttingen, UMG" 13. Woman walking through doors 14. Various of lab technician filling test tubes with samples 15. Lab technician working on computer 16. Lab technician working on one computer, switching to the next 17. Lab machines working 18. Close of lab machine 19. Mid of machines 20. Close of lab-machine AP Television Berlin - 9 July 2010 21. Set-up shot of Dr Thomas Ellrot, head of the Institute for Nutrition and Psychology at the University of G�ttingen Medical School, Germany 22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Thomas Ellrot, head of the Institute for Nutrition and Psychology at the University of G�ttingen Medical School "I think the message for the consumer is very important because lots of people go in to pharmacies and spend a lot of money for weight-loss supplements and this money is thrown out of the window. Because, it is just placebo effect, and the placebo effect could be, you could get this for much less money." 23. Various of sign advertising weight-loss supplements 24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Thomas Ellrot, head of the Institute for Nutrition and Psychology at the University of G�ttingen Medical School "The placebo effect is an important effect for weight-loss. It helps people if they know that they take something. It helps to change important lifestyle patterns and to do better." 25. Various of people walking on street 26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Thomas Ellrot, head of the Institute for Nutrition and Psychology at the University of G�ttingen Medical School "That cost range was incredible. Between a couple of Euros for two months of treatment compared to the most expensive supplement that did cost close to 300 Euro ($377 US Dollars) per two months of supplement use. And that is 300 Euros for, like, nothing." 27. Woman in white coat in pharmacy on ladder, holding notepad and taking notes 28. Close of woman taking notes 29. SOUNDBITE: (German), Alexandra Schellbach, nutritionist at BerlinApotheke "Because the market is there and because the demand is there. The patients and the consumers have not understood that it can't work. And if it works then it is only for the short term. Many people believe in that wonder pill that gives people a perfect body without exercise, without the diet and without changing their eating habits. Everyone is hoping that something like that exists. And the commercials are promising that this time it is the pill that will work. And the hope and the suffering of being overweight makes people buy these pills. And then it doesn't work again. " 30. Close of hands on keyboard 31. Woman at computer screen looking at weight-loss supplement advertising 32. Close of advertising for weight-loss supplements 33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Thomas Ellrot, head of the Institute for Nutrition and Psychology at the University of G�ttingen Medical School LEAD IN: Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: #cheap weight loss pills #shark tank weight loss gummy #keto diet pills dollar general #good keto gummies review