Allure of sexy body: What women are doing to get curvy bodies

You should not take any form of medication without getting a proper diagnosis

• SLIMMING POISON?   Clients are duped that by taking 10 pills a day, they can lose 60 kilos in less than three months
• Kenya Bureau of Standards distances itself from issues at hand saying approval of medication is outside its mandate

Grace Moraa, 25, recalls the first time she took slimming pills. She had gone into a cosmetic shop in Nairobi to buy lipstick, but ended up leaving with a more promising product. — slimming pills. The brand name was Magilim. Inside were 60 capsules packaged in a loosely sealed bottle, with a promise to make her drop more than 10 kilos in a month. Having struggled with weight gain for years, Moraa was elated.

Her weight was 98 kilos, and the attendants assured her with just three bottles, she can get to her dream digits: 60 kilos in less than three months. The price was Sh2,000.