New fat-fighting tactics show promise for combatting global obesity epidemic
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 13:20
in Health & Medicine
More than 2.1 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese and at risk for major chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and heart problems. But new types of evidence-based interventions, such as targeted drug treatments and foods created to be more satiating, may be able to help reverse the upward trajectory of global obesity rates, according to experts.