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l.a. weight loss  

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  • L.A. Weight Loss is a commercial, nonmedical weight-loss program founded in 1987. The program promotes lifestyle change through intensive individual counseling and use of their packaged foods to supplement ordinary food consumed as part of an individualized diet plan. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; L.A. Weight Loss]

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