Obesity Hits Europe: Fat Problem

Even though the statistics about overweight Americans are true (around a whopping 68 percent), a recent study examined what the average European looks like and it’s not what you might expect.

The study revealed that more than half of most adults in Europe believe that they are overweight. The report which was recently issued introduces a new idea that Americans previously thought differently. Over the last twenty years or so, the obesity statistics have been rising in countries all over Europe.

Obesity Hits Europe: Fat Problem

Food; health; obesity; No one’s a ‘victim’ of obesity

Call it the McVictim syndrome. Too many pundits, public health experts and politicians are working overtime to find scapegoats for America’s obesity epidemic.

The McVictim syndrome spins a convenient — and unhealthy — narrative on America’s emerging preventable disease crisis. McVictimization teaches Americans to think that obesity is someone else’s fault — and therefore, someone else’s problem to solve.

The truth: In the vast majority of cases, obesity is a preventable condition. So those of us in the medical community must be candid with overweight patients about the risks they face and the rewards of better health choices. But it’s also time for American policymakers to show the same level of candor.

Food; health; obesity; No one’s a ‘victim’ of obesity – latimes.com

Contrave: Contrave Obesity Drug Gets FDA Approval

In the next few months when you go to the doctor, do not be shocked if the doctor does not suggest old fashion diet and exercise to lose excess weight, but instead medicine.

The Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has granted approval to the new obesity drug, Contrave.

Contrave is an investigational solution for treating obesity. It combines two components – naltrexone SR and bupropion SR. The combination of the two drugs acts complementary in the central nervous system and they are believed to address the biological and behavioral drivers of obesity.

The average person is supposed to lose five percent of their body fat when taking the drug.

Contrave: Contrave Obesity Drug Gets FDA Approval | Long Island Press