Anti-obesity drugs needed unless attitudes change

摘要

Unless there is a complete revision of attitudes to obesity,drug therapies should continue to play an important role in treatment,the authors of a Lancer article published online on 27 October argue (www.thelancet.com)."Until there is a sea change in society's attitude to obesity and,with it,an appetite for environmental improvements,the role of drug therapy must be given serious consideration," Stephen Cleland and Naveed Sattar of Stobhill Hospital,Glasgow,urge."The extensive resources required for successful and long-term behavioural change cannot be covered by the budgets of most health care systems.Moreover,education alone will be doomed to failure without sustainable changes to our environment," they add.