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Why Obesity Is So Difficult to Treat Research Paper
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Subject:Health
Topic:Bariatric Surgery
Document Type:Research Paper
Document:#99889207
Obesity
Why Obesity is so Difficult to Treat
Determination of obesity
Proper definition of obesity
Obesity in perspective of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Historical trends
Health and Economic Costs
Prevalence and Time Trends
Prevalence of obesity among men
Prevalence of obesity among women
Prevalence of obesity among children
Demographic Variations in Overweight and Obesity Prevalence
Economic Costs of Overweight and Obesity (The Evidence Report,1998)
The world market for treating obesity
Causes of obesity
Continuous availability of high-energy foods
a) Imbalance calorie intake and BMR requirements (Gayle M. Galletta)
b) Craze of consumption of unhealthy food
c) Quick life style and less determination of hunger satisfaction
d) Other factors associate with weight gain
Way of eating
Unintentionally over eating
Less planning to make and eat healthy meals (A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia, 2012)
Major reduction in the obligatory need for physical activity (Joseph Proietto, 2011)
a) Spending long hours in front of TVs and computers doing work
b) Relying on cars instead of walking
c) Modern technology and fewer physical demands at home
d) Lack of physical education classes in schools
e) Lack of doing other leisure physical activities.
3. Failed medicinal development for the treatment of obesity
a) Cases of medicinal failure before U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)for treating obesity
i. Wyeth's case of medicinal failure
ii. Sanofi-Aventis case of medicinal failure iii. AU.S. organization's case of medicinal failure
iv. Abbot Company's case of medicinal failure
v. Reductil case of medicinal failure
b) Cases of medicinal failure after U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)for treating obesity
i. Cases of Vivus' Qnexa failure
ii. Cases of Topiramate and Phentermine failure iii. Cases of Contrave failure
iv. Cases of Bupropion failure
c) Aspects of anti-obesity medicinal failure to penetrate into the respective markets
i. First aspect: the awareness of obesity…
Sample Source(s) Used
References
1) The Evidence Report, clinical guide lines on the identification, evaluation and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults, nhlbi.nih.gov, September 1998, pdf. Retrieved 20 October 2012 from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.pdf
2) Joseph Proietto, Why is treating obesity so difficult? Justification for the role of bariatric surgery, mja.com.au, 19 May 2011, web. Retrieved 20 October 2012 from https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2011/195/3/why-treating-obesity-so-difficult-justification-role-bariatric-surgery
3) A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia, Obesity, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, 12 May 2012, web. Retrieved 20 October 2012 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004552/
4) Melissa Conrad Stoppler, Obesity, medicinenet.com, 18 July 2012, web. Retrieved 20 October 2012 http://www.medicinenet.com/obesity_weight_loss/article.htm
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