Milestones in the journey towards addressing obesity; Past trials and triumphs, recent breakthroughs, and an exciting future in the era of emerging effective medical …

M Kokkorakis, A Katsarou, N Katsiki, CS Mantzoros - Metabolism, 2023 - Elsevier
The 21st century is characterized by an increasing incidence and prevalence of obesity and
the burden of its associated comorbidities, especially cardiometabolic diseases, which are …

New central targets for the treatment of obesity

BJ Sargent, NA Moore - British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The review focuses on the central neuronal circuits involved in energy homeostasis and the
opportunities these offer for pharmacological intervention to decrease feeding behaviour …

Recent updates on obesity treatments: available drugs and future directions

NRV Dragano, J Fernø, C Diéguez, M López… - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last thirty years, obesity has reached epidemic proportions and is now regarded as a
major health issue in contemporary society trending to serious economic and social …

New targets for drug treatment of obesity

G Valsamakis, P Konstantakou… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Antiobesity medical management has shown unsatisfactory results to date in terms of
efficacy, safety, and long-term maintenance of weight loss. This poor performance could be …

The fight against obesity escalates: new drugs on the horizon and metabolic implications

D Tsilingiris, S Liatis, M Dalamaga, A Kokkinos - Current obesity reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review There is currently a steep rise in the global prevalence of
obesity. Pharmaceutical therapy is a valuable component of conservative obesity therapy …

Novel targets for the treatment of obesity: a review of progress

SC Cheetham, HC Jackson, SP Vickers… - Drug Discovery Today …, 2004 - Elsevier
The escalating problem of obesity has initiated an unprecedented search for novel anti-
obesity drugs. This article reviews the wealth of central and peripheral targets that have …

New drug targets for the treatment of obesity

AG Powell, CM Apovian… - Clinical pharmacology & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
There is a huge void in the current pharmacological treatment options for obesity. This gap is
surprising given the high prevalence and associated costs of obesity. Many factors have …

New therapeutic approaches for the treatment of obesity

AR Saltiel - Science translational medicine, 2016 - science.org
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Therapeutic advances in obesity management: an overview of the therapeutic interventions

MA Roomy, K Hussain, HM Behbehani… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Obesity has become a global epidemic in the modern world, significantly impacting the
global healthcare economy. Lifestyle interventions remain the primary approach to …

Advances in obesity pharmacotherapy; learning from metabolic surgery and beyond

D Tsilingiris, A Kokkinos - Metabolism, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, metabolic surgery (MS) constitutes the most effective means for durable weight
loss of clinically meaningful magnitude, type 2 diabetes remission and resolution of non …