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...represent a fast-growing market with special needs. Until recently the business world's primary response was to pitch diets, workouts and potions to those determined to melt off the pounds. The weight-loss market grew to about $40 billion last year, from $33 billion in 1999, according to Marketdata Enterprises of Tampa, Fla. Even drastic measures are catching on. Last year 63,100 obese patients--including celebrities like Today show weatherman Al Roker--underwent surgery to have their stomach capacity reduced, an increase from 23,000 such operations...
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