Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Glandt M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3038640 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of obesity 20110208
Obesity now presents one of the biggest health problems of our times. Diet and exercise are best for both prevention and treatment; unfortunately, both require much discipline and are difficult to maintain. Medications offer a possible adjunct, but their effect is modest, they are limited by side effects, and the weight loss lasts only as long as the drug is being taken, since as soon as treatment is stopped, the weight is regained. Sibutramine, a sympathomimetic medication which was available f ...[more]