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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Teens looking to lose weight try dieting, counting calories, and exercising. But when that fails, one local company hopes to help. However, not everyone is on board with their solution.

Teenagers face all types of stresses: grades, relationships, jobs. But one stress can weigh heavier... and that's weight itself.

"Everybody, they are trying to achieve that weight," eighth grader Michael Crandall said. Crandall hopes by dropping a few pounds before enrolling in North Fort Myers High School this fall, he'll help his chance of making the football team.

"I want to lose 20 pounds in like 2 months, and I think my long term goal is 50 pounds," Crandall said.

He's tried diet and exercise before, but recently, something else caught his attention. "At the mall, I would see this stand, I don't know the name of it, but it's this new teen weight loss pill," Crandall said.

It's called PhenTabz Teen. The man behind it is Derek Vest.

"I had an issue with weight loss as a teen," Vest said. "I know what it's like when there is absolutely nothing out there except somebody to say, go exercise, or try to eat good. It's very difficult, and it's almost impossible and you do feel a little isolated."

After studying Dietetics and Nutrition in college, Vest worked at Jenny Craig. Now the CEO of Gentech Pharmaceutical, his company touts PhentabzTeen as the "world's first teen weight loss product."

"PhenTabzTeen is a much lower dose than the regular Phentabz or Phentabz prescription," Vest said.

The drug targets ages 16 through 19, but Vest said they get customers who haven't even reached their teens. "It can help cut the appetite, and can help give energy, it can keep them motivated so it can help them reach their goal," Vest said. "We've never had a single bad response, not one."

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WINK investigation looks into safety of teen diet pills

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