title: Natural Dietary and Herbal Products in Anti-Obesity Treatment.
abstract: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is on the rise around the world. Common comorbidities associated with obesity, particularly diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease have an impact on social and financial systems. Appropriate lifestyle and behavior interventions are still the crucial cornerstone to weight loss success, but maintaining such a healthy lifestyle is extremely challenging. Abundant natural materials have been explored for their obesity treatment potential and widely used to promote the development of anti-obesity products. The weight loss segment is one of the major contributors to the overall revenue of the dietary supplements market. In this review, the anti-obesity effects of different dietary or herbal products, and their active ingredients and mechanisms of action against obesity will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. b506096053@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nan-Nong
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. binging0168@icloud.com.
authors.forename: Tsung-Yen
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. chaucf@nchu.edu.tw.|Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. chaucf@nchu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chi-Fai
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chau
mesh_terms: D050156:Adipogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D055808:Drug Discovery; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D050177:Overweight / Q000188:drug therapy*; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents; D064209:Phytochemicals
keywords: anti-obesity; dietary supplements; mechanism; phytochemicals; weight loss