The Global population explosion, alarming by itself, is closely followed by the parallel growth in obesity. Obesity or the increase of body weight due to an immense accumulation of fat is fast being recognized as a serious health hazard. Dire predictions paint a gloomy picture of a future where millions more will be obese. For instance, in the United Kingdom alone more than 12 million adults and 1 million children could be obese by 2010.This public health issue has reached a point where it can no longer be camouflaged. Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy eating habits and wrong food choices have all added their share to higher BMI numbers and wider waist circumferences. With the world becoming a global village both developed and under developed countries recognize obesity as a shared threat.
Earlier obesity was more a fear among youngsters aspiring for a smaller dress size and a rake thin figure. Today, besides its effect on self-esteem the risk of the cluster of diseases associated with obesity is a frightening reality. Chances of increased mortality rate are seen mainly in the obese. Weight gain predisposes one to obesity-related ailments like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, arthritis, sleep-apnea and other medical conditions.
Obesity related ailments cannot be always blamed on one’s bad gene pool, emotional eating or a flagging will power .Unless constitutionally thin, either for aesthetic or medical reasons; most people would have had to fight the battle of the bulge at some point in their lives. Yoyo dieters may have religiously followed fad diets. Ranging from Atkins, Zone, South beach, GI, Mediterranean to cabbage or Wu-Long tea diet and many more. Each may focus on good nutrition based on only Proteins, Low carbohydrates or being a vegan. . While all have their faithful advocates even the most motivated might find the prospect of lifetime dieting a difficult proposition. The followers of the live to eat brigade with exercise phobia may vouch for smoking as a solution to suppress the appetite till the fear of the cancer stick jolts them.
Disciplined eaters despite eating to live could also find themselves getting heavier with the ticking of the biological clock and it’s age- related illnesses. Physical injuries could also slow calorie burning for even the most die-hard exerciser. Overeating, calorie overload and delayed guilt-trips are familiar words in the obese and even a smoker’s vocabulary. The reluctance of smokers to quit very often points to their fear that they will be dependent on the next vice of an increased appetite and resultant weight gain.
Today, with the drug Rimanabant also known by it’s brand name, Acomplia medical research has a solution for both the overweight and the tobacco dependent who need to reduce hunger pangs. Acknowledged by many as a Miracle drug it works by it’s advanced capacity to suppress the appetite and thereby weight reduction. The drugs ability to also help smokers to quit is because of the similarity of the active signals that tobacco dependents and overeaters share. Developed by the French company, Sanofi-Aventis, the drug was said to have evolved from studies on cannabis users. The drugs success to curb their excessive appetite eventually led to the knowledge about the effectiveness of Acomplia .Those who have exhausted all other avenues of suppressing and curbing weight gain including surgery options like bariatric surgery, non-invasive laparoscopy or the use of a gastric belt still have hope in the pharmacotherapy solutions offered by a drug like Acomplia.
There is a generic Acomplia (Rimonabant) available on the market now, which is a cheap alternative while it’s the exact same drug.