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Does this birth control pill make me look fat?

Like a lot of young women, Kelsey Webb, 25, has been off and on birth control pills since she was 18. Every time she started taking them, she gained 5 to 10 pounds. "My normal weight is around 125 pounds. On the pill, I would get up to 130 or 135," says Webb, who is 5 feet, 5 inches tall.

By Marni Jameson, Special to the Los Angeles Times

March 18, 2011

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