Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...treatments, which are still in the experimental stage, include several drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration and some that are available by prescription but up to now have been used for purposes other than weight loss. They appear to be much safer than addicive amphetamines -- whose widespread abuse 20 years ago temporarily gave diet pills a bad reputation -- and may be far more effective than the many popular over-the-counter remedies, such as Dexatrim and Acutrim, that are marketed as appetite suppressants. Nonetheless, Hamilton and other doctors caution that the new medications do not work...
...effective, a weight-loss drug must counteract some of the body's most basic biological mechanisms. Evidence suggests that weight is controlled in much the same way that a thermostat regulates room temperature. According to this explanation, known as the set-point theory, the brain plays an importatnt role in determining a person's ideal weight, which remains more or less constant throughout adult life. Whenever a person loses weight, a portion of the brain called the hypothalamus responds by increasing the appetite and slowing the metabolism so that the body can store more fat. By contrast, when a person...
...that some people who are obese do not make enough serotonin and are in effect trying to treat their depression, or at least feel more satisfied, by overeating. That is why antidepressant drugs, like Prozac, seem to help people shed pounds. Unfortunately, the results are short-lived: patients lose weight at first, but after a year's treatment they have usually gained all of it back...
...appetiete control. In a four-year study, Dr. Michael Weintraub, formerly of the University of Rochester and now at the FDA, found that a combination of the drug phentermine, which seems to speed metaboliusm, and fenfluramine, which may boost serotonin levels, improved an obese person's chances of losing weight. Of the 120 people in the study, those who took the drugs achieved an average 16% weight loss over eight months, compared with a 5% loss for those who had to depend on diet and exercise alone. By the end of the trail, nearly all participatnts had added back some...
While they were happening, the '80s seemed so darned healthy. Joggers and bicyclists clogged the pathways. Exercise spas threw open their glass doors and mirrored chambers. Folks didn't just watch their weight, they also enrolled in diet movements, diet 12-step programs and diet franchises complete with celebrity TV endorsements and calorically correct prepackaged snacks, meals and desserts. Even the Christmas turkey seemed somehow leaner...