Weight Loss News

The word is out - young women want personally tailored nutrition advice and information when it comes to weight loss. Over 80% of young women are trying to lose weight but are confused about the best way to achieve this a study published by Wiley-Blackwell in the June 2007 issue of Nutrition & Dietetics - the official Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia, including the Journal of the New Zealand Dietetic Association - has found.

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Even as an advisory panel of the US drug regulator voted last week against approving Sanofi Aventis’ blockbuster anti-obesity drug Acomplia (Rimonabant) citing adverse psychiatric risks, Indian companies which launched its generic copy say the drug is safe and do not plan any voluntary withdrawal from the market.

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Acomplia, the new weight-loss pill from Sanofi-Aventis, has not yet been approved in the United States because of questions about its safety. But some Americans have decided not to wait.

Many are traveling to Europe, where the drug has been approved, or buying the medicine through foreign Web sites, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues its evaluations of the treatment. On Monday, a panel of advisers to the agency said that the pill might raise the risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts.

"I don't have very many years to go, and I don't want to spend that time over 200 pounds," said Yvette Cardozo, a 62-year-old American photographer who bought six months' worth of Acomplia during a trip to London. "This is the only thing that's ever worked for me."

Twenty milligrams of Acomplia, the highest dose, resulted in statistically and clinically significant weight loss, the Food and Drug Administration's staff said in documents posted Monday on the agency's Web site. The agency advisory panel will meet Wednesday to discuss whether the medicine's benefits of reducing weight, cholesterol and blood sugar outweigh its risks.

Since clinical tests have shown that the drug can cause anxiety and depression, analysts said the panel might be cautious about approving it without seeing more studies.

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Filling up your stomach on calorie laden foods or low calorie bulky foods can make the difference of weight loss without hunger pains, and also promote long term weight loss goals. A study from the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State confirmed that healthy weight loss can be achieved without feeling hungry. The study was published in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

“Eating a diet that is low in calorie density allows people to eat satisfying portions of food, and this may decrease feelings of hunger and deprivation while reducing calories” said Dr. Julia A. Ello-Martin who conducted the study as part of her doctoral dissertation in the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State.

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