Obesity is a growing epidemic and a major contributor to the global burden of disease.
Obesity strains the healthcare systems and has profound economic and psychosocial …

There is a growing unmet need for more effective treatment of obesity and its complications.
While current anti-obesity medications are effective and offer real clinical benefits over diet …

The last 25 years have seen a great increase in the incidence of obesity, both in the Western
world and in developing third world countries. Despite the seeming inexorable progression …

Obesity is a chronic disease with a continuously rising prevalence that currently affects more
than half a billion people worldwide. Energy balance and appetite are highly regulated via …

Introduction Pharmacotherapy is a useful adjunct when patients with obesity are unable to
achieve adequate benefit from lifestyle interventions. Areas covered This review covers the …

Obesity is an epidemic and a public health threat. Medical weight management remains one
of the options for the treatment of excess weight and recent advances have revolutionized …

Abstract Purpose of Review To highlight the added benefits of approved and upcoming,
centrally-acting, anti-obesity drugs, focusing not only on the most common metabolic and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity is a global health crisis with detrimental effects on all
organ systems leading to worsening disease state and rising costs of care. Persons with …

In the last 30 years, obesity has rapidly increased and obesity-related comorbidities have
surged. Once considered to be a problem only in developed nations, obesity has become a …

Obesity, an impending global pandemic, is not being effectively controlled by current
measures such as lifestyle modifications, bariatric surgery or available medications. Its toll …