Patent ID: 7223791

Claim:
A method for the treatment of obesity in a mammal, which comprises administering, to the mammal, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor transcriptional activity promoter which is non-binding to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, wherein the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor transcriptional activity promoter is a compound represented by the formula: wherein one of R 1 and R 2 is an optionally substituted monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted monocyclic aromatic heterocyclic group containing one heteroatom, and the other is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; B is a furan; A is an optionally substituted phenyl group; and R 3 is —OR 4 (R 4 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group), or a salt thereof.