Guidelines Backlash, the Biggies — Drugs, Part 2
“Side effect” is a tricky term, since a drug can have a side effect that is considered positive. Let’s look at some medications approved to treat obesity.
Guidelines Backlash, the Biggies — Drugs, Part 1
Now that the AAP has recommended weight-loss meds for teens and maybe even children, what kind of pharmaceuticals are we talking about here?
Weight-Loss Surgery and Non-Adults
In the United States, children as young as seven experience weight-loss surgery, with the average age determined as a little over 18.
60-year-old Weight-Loss Drug Makes a Comeback
Recent studies show that long-term use doesn’t increase blood pressure or the risk of heart attack or stroke, so phentermine is back in the good graces.
Some Aspects of Anti-Obesity Drugs
The highest anti-obesity aspiration should not be to sell the most user-friendly weight-loss potion, but to help people start out fit and stay fit.
Weight-Loss Pills in the United Kingdom
Yesterday, Childhood Obesity News mentioned Great Britain’s childhood obesity situation. The healthcare market research company MackSense sells a report (for only $3,550) on the current state of obesity in the United Kingdom. Despite the cost of the document itself, the organization offers some facts for free on its website, mainly about the direct and indirect costs […]
A New Weight-Loss Drug
Almost a year ago, a concoction known as Belviq received approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the first prescription diet drug to have done so in the previous 13 years. Alice Park wrote “Belviq: 5 Things You Need to Know About the New Weight-Loss Pill.” One of those facts is that the drug is […]
Anti-Obesity Medications and Functional Impairment, Continued
This is the continuation of an exploration of the possible negative effects of the new wave of weight-loss drugs, which began with a recent post.
Continuing Lifestyle Intervention, Part 6
The question is whether the seemingly miraculous new weight-loss drugs are enough, in and of themselves, to permanently and meaningfully change people’s lives.
Shushing the Food Noise
The new weight-loss drugs are good at silencing “food noise.” But there are other ways to make that intrusive voice shut up, no medication needed.