Abstract

Obesity and Weight Management: The Efficacy of Herbal Products as Therapeutic Agents

Highlights

  • The words “obesity” and “weight management” have experienced a humongous upsurge in popularity and usage post-millennia

  • Trend data obtained from 188 countries suggest that 30% (2.1 billion) of the world’s population may be obese or overweight; in the years 1980-2013, developed and developing countries have shown a significant increase in obesity rates [5,6]

  • While there may be several techniques used in combating obesity, this paper focuses primarily on methodologies employed by complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, herbalism

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Obesity and Weight Management: The Efficacy of Herbal Products as Therapeutic Agents. Etetor Roland Eshiet* Sustainable Energy Environmental and Educational Development (SEEED), Texas, USA. Received date: 29 Feb 2016; Accepted date: 21 Apr 2016; Published date: 25 Apr 2016

Introduction
Popular Weight Management Therapies
Extreme Obesity
Herbalism as an Alternative Weight Management Therapy
The Promise of Functional Foods
Findings
Concerns and Recommendations
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