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POP A VITAMIN: In a study published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers assigned 96 obese women to take a multivitamin, calcium supplement, or placebo for 26 weeks. The vitamin group wound up with significantly less body fat than the others. "It's possible that some people eat more because they're seeking out certain nutrients," says Louis J. Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Although taking a vitamin alone isn't a valid weight-loss plan, he says, doing so might reduce the need to consume as much food.