Obesity: current approaches to adequate pharmacotherapy

Abstract

The high prevalence of obesity is a serious medical and social problem conditioned by urbanization, reduced physical activity and availability of high-calorie food. All over the world, the prevalence of obesity has been steadily growing over the last few decades: body mass index increased by 0,4--0,5 over a decade globally [1-3]. Sample surveys conducted in Russia showed that at present, up to 30% of the working population of the country are overweight and 25% have obesity. That is why WHO defined obesity as the noninfectious epidemic of the XX-XXI centuries. [4--8].

Keywords

• ожирение
• сахарный диабет
• метаболический синдром
• сердечно-сосудистые заболевания
• лечение
• орлистат
• obesity
• diabetes
• metabolic syndrome
• cardiovascular disease
• treatment
• orlistat