New Drug Equivalent To Gastric-Bypass Surgery

A new drug (Tesofensine) that reduces weight by 20 per cent in 6 months (when combined wit the proper diet). Sicentists see it is the chemeical equivalent to stomach stapling or gastric-bypass surgery. The new drug was discvored by accident, when researchers observed that patients taking the drug as a tested treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases were losing weight as a side effect.


The drug targets brain chemical linked to appetite, thus suppresses hunger and overeating. The net result is an energy deficit that forces the body to burn off the excess fat. Nothing new about its mechanism of action, yet it is as twice as the best existing drugs used to treat overweight.

The drug awaits the results of the phase 3 studies.


Source : The Independent






Drug can cut weight by 20 per cent in six months - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - The Independent

Tips to Lose Weight from BBC

Here are some tips on how to lose weight presented by BBC:

1- Losing a pound a week is a realistic target

2- Sharing keeps you motivated

3- Prescribed drugs help weight loss by people with Body Mass Index(BMI) of 30 or more

4- Surgery such as gastric banding or gastric bypass is suggested when all methods of weight loss are exhausted


Read...
BBC - Check Up Transcript 26/06/2008


Source: BBC

International Views of the Best Way to Lose Weight

What is the different views of the best way to lose weight, how people in different places of the world evaluate different ways to lose weight like exercise, dieting, taking drugs, and surgery.


BBC gives us a feedback from different countries about the risks of obesity and the different ways for losing weight. Listen to this programme:
BBC World Service | Globesity