| Mobile health and weight-loss applications How1 #372853 Around 2,000 weight-loss apps are currently available on the iPhone, and 500 million people were expected to be using mobile health applications by 2015. [1] |
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- CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] Insight: Profit bonanza eludes companies chasing obesity business
Author: Ben Hirscheller, Martinne Geller - 2013 November, 14
Cited by: David Price 5:49 PM 11 January 2015 GMT
Citerank: (3) 352710Develop better pharmaceutical obesity therapiesObesity drug sales are forecast to $3.8bn globally in 2018 [2]—in comparison to $57bn for Diabetes drug sales[2]—with evidence suggesting that the modest average weight losses achieved with current anti-obesity agents may be of some clinical benefit [5]. However, the current generation of drugs, which act on the central nervous system to suppress appetite, have raised significant health concerns—including psychiatric disorders, such as suicidal behaviour, depression, and cardiovascular problems.565CA4D9, 399586Develop better pharmaceutical obesity therapiesObesity drug sales are forecast to $3.8bn globally in 2018 [2]—in comparison to $57bn for Diabetes drug sales[2]—with evidence suggesting that the modest average weight losses achieved with current anti-obesity agents may be of some clinical benefit [5]. However, the current generation of drugs, which act on the central nervous system to suppress appetite, have raised significant health concerns—including psychiatric disorders, such as suicidal behaviour, depression, and cardiovascular problems.565CA4D9, 399698Mobile health and weight-loss applicationsAround 2,000 weight-loss apps are currently available on the iPhone, and 500 million people were expected to be using mobile health applications by 2015. [1]565CA4D9
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