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OT: Scientists can't find cure for Obesity Disease
« on: July 14, 2004, 08:27:13 AM »
CHICAGO, IL—In spite of billions of dollars spent and decades of research, scientists at the University of Chicago said Monday that the scientific community is no closer to finding a cure for the potentially fatal disease of obesity.

The obesity epidemic in this country has public-health authorities panicking, and with good reason," said Dr. Seong-Hun Kim, a research associate at the university's department of neurobiology, pharmacology, and physiology. "According to the latest government statistics, 30.6 percent of the adult population and 16.5 percent of children under 19 are obese. As researchers, we feel the same sort of helplessness that many victims of obesity feel."

"Basically, the clock continues to tick as we search for that golden key that will give every American a chance at a healthy, normal life," Kim added.

Many obesity sufferers have expressed frustration over the medical community's inability to cure them.

"I came down with obesity two years after I got married," 41-year-old Oklahoma City resident Fran Torley said. "I know it was hard for my husband to watch me suffer from this disease. When he caught obesity a year later, he got so depressed, he couldn't do anything but sit on the couch. Some days, we sit and watch television from dawn till dusk, hoping for news of a breakthrough."

Kim said he sees no cure on the horizon.

"Each year that we don't have a cure for this dreaded condition, another 300,000 Americans die of obesity-related health problems—hypertension, stroke, heart attack, diabetes," Kim said. "I wish to God there were something I could give these people that would make the obesity go away, but so far, there is no pill that can do that safely and effectively."

Kim said the prescription drugs currently indicated in the treatment of obesity, as well as a host of over-the-counter products, have been shown to produce limited results.

"Even when individuals find success with a certain drug or plan, it often fails to work in the long term," Kim said. "Sometimes, a treatment plan that works for a handful of people will fail to help anyone else. It's very frustrating. As evinced by the widespread nature of the problem, scientists aren't doing enough for these poor overweight people."



 
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OT: Scientists can't find cure for Obesity Disease
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2004, 10:21:50 AM »
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"I came down with obesity two years after I got married," 41-year-old Oklahoma City resident Fran Torley said. "I know it was hard for my husband to watch me suffer from this disease. When he caught obesity a year later, he got so depressed, he couldn't do anything but sit on the couch. Some days, we sit and watch television from dawn till dusk, hoping for news of a breakthrough."

 :rofl:

I'm sure many of us can relate to this.  Pulled this from theonion.com by the way...
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OT: Scientists can't find cure for Obesity Disease
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2004, 11:16:51 AM »
As an Onion fan you may want to check this out. Very funny stuff.

http://www.ironictimes.com/


 

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OT: Scientists can't find cure for Obesity Disease
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2004, 11:38:30 AM »
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"I came down with obesity two years after I got married," 41-year-old Oklahoma City resident Fran Torley said. "I know it was hard for my husband to watch me suffer from this disease. When he caught obesity a year later, he got so depressed, he couldn't do anything but sit on the couch. Some days, we sit and watch television from dawn till dusk, hoping for news of a breakthrough."

Yeah, that was too much.  Sadly, far too many think this way.

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OT: Scientists can't find cure for Obesity Disease
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2004, 11:41:07 AM »
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As an Onion fan you may want to check this out. Very funny stuff.

http://www.ironictimes.com/
"Former Enron CEO Kenneth
Lay Indicted
Administration issues warning of massive Al Qaeda attack."   :D

Yes the obeisity one fits many to the tee.  I have a buddy that without fail hits the buffet line then afterwords says "Man i just keep getting fatter.  I gotta stop"

Ive recommended exercise 14Xs & mixing in some salad and a fruit.  He aint gonna do it.

He just got a prescription pill from his Doc.  Im not kidding.
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OT: Scientists can't find cure for Obesity Disease
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2004, 01:15:20 PM »
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Yes the obeisity one fits many to the tee. I have a buddy that without fail hits the buffet line then afterwords says "Man i just keep getting fatter. I gotta stop"

Ive recommended exercise 14Xs & mixing in some salad and a fruit. He aint gonna do it.

He just got a prescription pill from his Doc. Im not kidding.

Leave WOW alone!
Paul