S. The drug has been removed from European markets due to escalating concerns regarding safety. Obesity has considerable contribution to the number of preventable deaths in the United States. In essence, obesity is a condition whereby the affected being has a body mass index (BMI) that exceeds 30. Apparently, BMI refers to the measure of a person's body relative to his or her height (Bolen et al. 2010). The United States and several other economies of the world spend hefty sums of money in their budget estimates towards treatment and general containment of obesity, hypertension, diabetes II and other causes of preventable deaths. Americans have spent billions of dollars towards research and development (Carter et al. 2012). The outcome of it has been the discovery of various drugs that could be used towards prevention and obesity treatment. According to researchers and health care pundits, the American society and other societies of the world feature abundant food materials.

Physical activity is typically an option to the majority of the people (Carter et al. 2012). Illnesses resulting from obesity have compromised the performance of employees of various business organizations leading to alarming increases in the number of absentee employees with the disease and related ailments. Nearly one third of Americans are obese. Hence, urgent medical attention would be necessary towards reclaiming the growth in the number of victims of obese. Every year, millions of Americans spend billions of dollars on dieting, diet pills, diet foods, diet books, and other forms of preventive measures to avert the risk of contracting the disease (Carter et al. 2012).

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