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: used to treat obesity
anti-obesity drugs
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: designed or intended to prevent obesity or reduce the incidence of obesity
anti-obesity campaigns/programs
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Roche completed its acquisition of anti-obesity drug developer Carmot Therapeutics in January, and in May the firm released promising early-stage data for another one of its weight loss drug candidates, CT-388.
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 17 July 2024
After all, Wall Street analysts are predicting as much as $100 billion in annual revenue to be made from anti-obesity medications in the next six years.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 10 July 2024
In fact, people have a wide range of responses to anti-obesity medicines.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 1 July 2024
The drink might also make someone feel full, according to Kunal Shah, MD, an assistant professor in the division of endocrinology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center—but not in the same way anti-diabetes and anti-obesity drugs do.
—Korin Miller, Health, 26 June 2024
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 17 July 2024
After all, Wall Street analysts are predicting as much as $100 billion in annual revenue to be made from anti-obesity medications in the next six years.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 10 July 2024
In fact, people have a wide range of responses to anti-obesity medicines.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 1 July 2024
The drink might also make someone feel full, according to Kunal Shah, MD, an assistant professor in the division of endocrinology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center—but not in the same way anti-diabetes and anti-obesity drugs do.
—Korin Miller, Health, 26 June 2024
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anti-obesity
adjective
an·ti-obe·si·ty
-ō-ˈbē-sət-ē 
: used to treat obesity : promoting the loss of excessive bodily fat
… anti-obesity drugs may inhibit energy intake, inhibit fat absorption, enhance energy expenditure or stimulate fat mobilization.—John Worobey, in Nutrition & Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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