title: Obesity: an overview on its current perspectives and treatment options.
abstract: Obesity is a multi-factorial disorder, which is often associated with many other significant diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, osteoarthritis and certain cancers. The management of obesity will therefore require a comprehensive range of strategies focussing on those with existing weight problems and also on those at high risk of developing obesity. Hence, prevention of obesity during childhood should be considered a priority, as there is a risk of persistence to adulthood. This article highlights various preventive aspects and treatment procedures of obesity with special emphasis on the latest research manifolds.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Division, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, Andhra Pradesh, India. nammi@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nammi
authors.forename: Saisudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koka
authors.forename: Krishna M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Chinnala
authors.forename: Krishna M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Boini