New Drug For Couch Potatoes
“A new drug that could give hope to couch potatoes by encouraging them to go to the gym is being developed by scientists. Tests on mice have shown that switching on an appetite-regulating hormone in the brain makes them engage in twice the amount of physical activity. Although a similar drug for humans could be many years away, researchers believe it offers useful avenue for future research. Around a quarter of British adults are obese, and experts believe that more than half will be by 2050 – unless people change their diets or take more exercise. Failure to do so will cause a massive increase in the numbers with heart disease, stroke, type two diabetes and certain forms of cancer, putting the NHS at risk of bankruptcy. Now, scientists at the Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts, are working on a pill which they hope could diffuse the obesity timebomb by encouraging obese people to get moving.” w/ photo
