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Article: Xenical more effective than lifestyle changes alone in overweight adolescents.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- June 25, 2004
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2004 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The weight loss medication Xenical (orlistat) has been shown to be significantly more effective than lifestyle changes alone in managing weight in overweight adolescents, according to new study results presented at the 13th European Congress on Obesity (ECO), Prague, Czech Republic.
"This is good news for physicians, parents, and young people struggling with teenage overweight and obesity. Excess weight in adolescents has short and long-term effects on health, most notably increased risk of high blood pressure, raised cholesterol and the development of type 2 diabetes," said the principal study investigator, Professor ...