Obesity can be one of the factors favoring diabetes. – Credit:MATHIEU THOMASSET / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP
What if a drug could effectively fight against obesity? A new generation of weight loss products would indeed be studied with great hope by laboratories. Because obesity can be the cause of cardiovascular diseases, diabetescertain cancers and complications such as in the case of Covid-19.
Difficult to treat, it is expensive for health systems. Its causes are not just related to lifestyle but can be influenced by genetics. If prevention and medical care do not improve, the World Obesity Federation predicts that by 2035, half (51%) of the world’s population will be overweight or obese. And according to his calculations, the global economic impact would be just as devastating: it could exceed 4,000 billion dollars a year.
From the first generation of weight loss treatments developed until the 1960s, obesity rates have steadily risen and research has also come a long way.
New options
In addition to being effective against diabetes, the recent family of anti-obesity drugs leads to much greater weight loss than the drugs available until now and with less severe side effects (nausea, diarrhea). It also shows a benefit on cardiovascular risks. This therapeutic class mimics a hormone secreted by the intestines (GLP-1) to signal to the brain a […] Read more
2023-08-13 21:02:42
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