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Panel voted 18-4 with one abstention to recommend approval of Arena's lorcaserin, concluding its benefits "outweigh the potential risks when used long term" in overweight and obese people

By now it is common knowledge that being severely overweight puts people at increased risk of suffering from heart disease, stroke and diabetes and that obesity--defined as weighing at least 20 percent more than the high side of normal--is on the rise.

An experimental diet drug seems to help some obese people shed pounds, and keep them off for two years, researchers report.

Cutting back to 500 calories per day linked with dramatic improvements in condition of obese people with type 2 diabetes

Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday.

Obesity is associated with a host of health problems. But a new study finds that obese people may actually have an advantage in a specific medical situation: they’re less likely to die after surgery from certain respiratory complications than are their non-obese counterparts.