More than 45 companies worldwide are trying to develop new obesity drugs, such as C75 because it is potentially the biggest market in the world for drug sales. According to Justin Gillis, a staff writer for the Washington Post, the stakes couldn't be higher. Before you buy into this media manipulation and run to your doctor for a prescription of latest miracle drug, you'd better wonder whether its your best interests they have in mind or the commercial interests of the pharmaceutical companies. Besides, drugs are never the solution if they treat the symptoms and not the cause. Drugs should be considered a last resort for people who are morbidly obese, who have tried everything else unsuccessfully and are at risk for serious health problems if something is not done.
Obesity is the result of many influences.
Genetics is only one of them. Like it or not, the primary cause of obesity is your own behavior, which you alone control. Most of the factors that affect body composition are entirely under your own control. These factors include how much you eat, what you eat, when you eat, how often you exercise and how hard you exercise. Dieting can be an uphill battle against your genes.