Obesity

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problems, binge eating or sometimes all. These factors make dieting
virtually impossible because these problems are not ones that can be solved by
simply cutting calories. Especially the problem of binge eating.

Compulsive "binge" eating in the obese is not caused by just wanting to eat.
The want to eat is caused by looking for a sense of security. A sense of
security wanted because there are poor or no coping skills for stress or
depression and low self-esteem. Therefore, when a compulsive overeater or binge
eater diet, the diet is doomed to fail because the weight returns when the
person resumes normal eating. Thus creating an even greater depression.

Now many obese people have medical research to turn to as to why the weight
they lost usually comes back. Recent research has strongly backed the set-point
theory, which says that when an individual loses weight, the body's metabolic
rate adjusts in order to return to the baseline weight.

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are the only diet drugs
being used in the U.S. These drugs work by affecting eating behavior. Eating
behavior is the result of a mixture of neurotransmitters. The link between
serotonin and eating disorders was discovered in the early 1980's. The
serotonin inhibitors include Lovan, Redux and phen-fen (Phentermine and
Fenfluramine). Phen-fen is the drug combination currently recieving so much
attention. Phentermine is similar to an amphetamine and it works to increase
metabolic rate. Fenfluramine(brand name Pondimin) in-creases the serotonin
level, which decreases appetite. However, neither drug works alone. They only
have optimum effect together.

Phen-fen is how I became ...

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