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SUBMITTER: Misra M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3584306 | biostudies-other | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Current cardiology reviews 20130201 1
The rising tide of obesity and its related disorders is one of the most pressing health concerns worldwide, yet existing medicines to combat the problem are disappointingly limited in number and effectiveness. Recent advances in mechanistic insights into the neuroendocrine regulation of body weight have revealed an expanding list of molecular targets for novel, rationally designed antiobesity pharmaceutical agents. Antiobesity drugs act via any of four mechanisms: 1) decreasing energy intake, 2) ...[more]