A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity

A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity

Obesity is defined as the condition in which the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an individual is between 25 and 29.5 that is ≥30kg/m2 and is caused by the imbalance management of energy intake and expenditure. Obesity is among the most prevalent diseases in the world and approximately over 10% of the peop...

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Main Authors: M J Poojashree, H S Siddalingaprasad, B R Swetha, Shivukumar Swamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Creative Pharma Assent 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research
Subjects:
obesity
diet
bmi
weight gain
Online Access:https://japtronline.com/index.php/joapr/article/view/119
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spelling doaj-f516fe11ab14479a82b07c4b81c9e36f2021-09-11T15:16:59ZengCreative Pharma AssentJournal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research2348-03352020-03-0181112110.18231/j.joapr.2019.v.8.i.1.002119A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesityM J Poojashree0H S Siddalingaprasad1B R Swetha2Shivukumar Swamy3Mallige College of Pharmacy, #71, Silvepura, Chikkabanavara Post, Bengaluru 560090Department of Studies and Research in Biochemistry, Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka 572103Mallige College of Pharmacy, #71, Silvepura, Chikkabanavara Post, Bengaluru 560090Mallige College of Pharmacy, #71, Silvepura, Chikkabanavara Post, Bengaluru 560090Obesity is defined as the condition in which the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an individual is between 25 and 29.5 that is ≥30kg/m2 and is caused by the imbalance management of energy intake and expenditure. Obesity is among the most prevalent diseases in the world and approximately over 10% of the people belong to overweight group in the world and over 5% in India.  Currently many drugs are used to treat or to manage obesity. But these drugs also account for several side effects. So there is an extensive need of promising drugs which can control obesity with greater efficacy and economic viability. This review focusses on the current drugs in the market used to treat obesity and also few of the new probable targets to discover drugshttps://japtronline.com/index.php/joapr/article/view/119obesitydietbmiweight gain
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H S Siddalingaprasad
B R Swetha
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A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research
obesity
diet
bmi
weight gain
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H S Siddalingaprasad
B R Swetha
Shivukumar Swamy
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title A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity
title_short A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity
title_full A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity
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title_full_unstemmed A review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity
title_sort review on the current drugs and new targets for obesity
publisher Creative Pharma Assent
series Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research
issn 2348-0335
publishDate 2020-03-01
description Obesity is defined as the condition in which the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an individual is between 25 and 29.5 that is ≥30kg/m2 and is caused by the imbalance management of energy intake and expenditure. Obesity is among the most prevalent diseases in the world and approximately over 10% of the people belong to overweight group in the world and over 5% in India.  Currently many drugs are used to treat or to manage obesity. But these drugs also account for several side effects. So there is an extensive need of promising drugs which can control obesity with greater efficacy and economic viability. This review focusses on the current drugs in the market used to treat obesity and also few of the new probable targets to discover drugs
topic obesity
diet
bmi
weight gain
url https://japtronline.com/index.php/joapr/article/view/119
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