Almost one in 10 girls have taken diet pills in the past year – study

Overall, use of non-prescription weight-loss products by children of both sexes was 5.3%

Almost one in 10 girls have taken diet pills, weight loss supplements or laxatives in the past year, according to a global study.

New research published in the JAMA Network Open found diet pills were the weight-loss product used most frequently by adolescents, followed by laxatives and diuretics.