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Poor diet/physical inactivity accounted for 400,000 deaths, or 16.6% of deaths, in 2000 (Cover Figure). While smoking rates have dropped in recent years, obesity is on the rise. Currently ...

A groundbreaking once-a-day pill is set to revolutionise the fight against obesity. The drug called Acomplia ... In all cases people must have already tried diet and exercise to shed excess ...

According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health ...

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While the therapy is at the early stages, if it proves effective in humans, it has huge potential as a treatment for diet-related obesity. In 2022, 43% of adults worldwide were overweight.