What is obesity? Is it just a condition where a person is fat or few pounds overweight or is it a condition that can prove to be fatal? Though very few people realise this, obesity can prove to be …

About Obesity - Dangers and Treatments

According to estimates of the World Health Organization, more people are dying of obesity than starvation in the present times. The global health watchdog says that obesity will become the number-one preventable cause of death …

In the following article we bring you a profile of major anti-obesity drugs already on the market. This goes as follows:

Xenical

Approved by the U.S. FDA in 1999, Xenical® (orlistat) is a lipase inhibitor for obesity management that acts by inhibiting …

Obesity is a chronic condition in men and women in which the energy stored in the fatty tissues increases excessively; thereby the body gains excess weight and fat than required. Obesity is correlated with many conditions which may lead to …

It’s the latest weight-loss pill or herbal supplement that has people talking and you wondering whether it really works. Certainly the appeal of losing weight quickly is hard to pass up. The appeal of losing weight fast through over-the-counter weight-loss …