Anti-obesity drugs unlikely to provide lasting benefit according to scientists
In a new article in Nature Reviews Endocrinology, scientists from the University of Liverpool argue that anti-obesity drugs fail to provide lasting health benefits because they tackle the biological consequences of obesity, not the important psychological causes of overconsumption. Anti-obesity drug developers focus primarily on weight loss as their end goal, and do not take into consideration the motivational and behavioral factors that most commonly cause obesity. Obesity typically results from eating too much food combined with too sedentary a lifestyle. However, obese people may also have a complicated psychological relationship with food that makes it difficult for them to control their appetite sufficiently to manage their weight. read more
Anti-obesity drugs unlikely to provide lasting benefit according to scientists
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Tackling Consequences, Not Causes: Why Obesity Drugs Fail
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