In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers compared the effects of an experimental low-carbohydrate and high-protein diet and orlistat with that of a ...

There are a number of reasons why a person may want to lose weight, including reducing disease risk factors, improving overall quality of life, and managing disease-related symptoms. Even though ...

You don’t have to be a registered dietitian to know that eating healthy and working out are clutch for losing weight. But that doesn’t mean there aren't a lot of people still hoping a medicine or ...

Clin Lipidology. 2009;4(3):331-341. Furthermore, at 6 months significant in-group changes were observed for body weight, BMI and waist circumference in all treatment groups, but these reductions were ...

To assess the cost-effectiveness of orlistat plus a calorie-controlled diet compared with a calorie-controlled diet alone for the treatment of overweight and obese patients in Ireland. Economic ...

Orlistat and sibutramine are widely prescribed antiobesity agents that are approved for 2 years of continuous use. Previous 1–4-year randomized, placebo-controlled trials of these drugs have reported ...