Anti-obesity drugs 'need safety data' - Canadian Research

Anti-obesity drugs 'need safety data'

Extract from the report:

"In light of the lack of successful weight-loss treatments and the public
health implications of the obesity pandemic, the development of safe and
effective drugs should be a priority," Dr Raj Padwal and Dr Sumit Majumdar
from the University of Alberta Hospital, Canada, said.

"We think that anti-obesity drug trials powered to show clinically important
reductions in major obesity-related morbidity and mortality should be
required either before these drugs are approved for widespread use or as a
condition of ongoing approval".

Well I'm pleased that someone is concerned about the safety of these drugs. But in my informed opinion, "trials powered to show clinically important reductions in major obesity-related morbidity and mortality should be required" to test the efficacy of the universal advice from health professionals and their retinues, that to lose weight, obese people must eat fewer calories and/or take more exercise, because such trials HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE and there is therefore no scientific evidence to support the advice that is being given, either for its effectiveness or for its safety...)o:

Obesity is caused not by excess calories, but by fluid retention.

All that is normally necessary to lose weight is to eat less salt/sodium, and, preferably, eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, because the potassium these contain helps to displace excess sodium from the body. See my website http://www.wildeaboutsteroids.co.uk/ and in particular read about the politics - on page http://www.wildeaboutsteroids.co.uk/story.html - of the 'medical misinformation' which is the cause of the increasing incidence and severity of obesity.