| Obesity is an age-old health condition. Regard for it | | | | eat, gain weight and store fat. The obesity vaccine |
| differ among cultures but it is mostly and especially | | | | creates antibodies that will prevent Ghrelin from |
| today, considered a health problem. The condition | | | | reaching the central nervous system in order to |
| spread throughout the world like an epidemic gravely | | | | reduce weight gain. By removing the hormone away |
| hitting developed countries where food and sources of | | | | from the bloodstream, the body retains its current |
| food is abundant. For years we've struggled against it | | | | body fat and gains the very little weight. |
| but more and more people become subject to it. | | | | Another group from Cytos Biotechnology AG, Zurich, |
| Obese people become more common despite the low | | | | Switzerland, has also developed a similar Ghrelin-based |
| regard for it. Some treat obesity simply as unattractive, | | | | obesity vaccine. It has the same aim of producing |
| some consider it a major health problem. Society as a | | | | antibodies to prevent Ghelin from entering the brain. |
| whole prefers the slim figure. The medical society | | | | This approach in treating obesity may be very |
| advocates prevention and treatment of obesity due to | | | | effective compared to numerous diets and surgery |
| the string of health conditions brought by obesity. The | | | | procedures. Although the benefits of preventing |
| food industry are of little help to the situation, profiting | | | | obesity from such a minute but highly influential element |
| no matter what the world chooses to eat. The people, | | | | of the body are showing great rewards, it does not |
| however, we can't seem to help ourselves as we | | | | seem to target the source of the problem. If all other |
| continue to indulge in whatever food no matter how | | | | approaches have been exhausted without positive |
| much problems they can cause. As obesity climbs the | | | | results, can we rely on an obesity vaccine to actually |
| charts, we turn to science for help. Despite the | | | | solve the problem? One of the causes of obesity is |
| numerous diets, exercise programs, drugs and surgery, | | | | over-eating and inactivity. The reason behind those |
| we're still struggling against it. But now science | | | | vary and are quite elusive that determining which |
| responds with a vaccine. | | | | caused which is like a mobius strip. There is an |
| Several groups of scientists are racing to publicly | | | | underlying problem that may grow to dangerous fields. |
| release an obesity vaccine to fight the global threat. | | | | A vaccinated person may have the tendency to |
| Immunopharmacotherapy is proving to be effective in | | | | disregard modify his eating habits due to the vaccine |
| fighting obesity from within. | | | | that prevents him from gaining weight. This does not |
| One study by the Scripps Research Institute has | | | | solve the problem of over-eating. The world need to |
| developed an obesity vaccine directed against a | | | | be responsible enough not to make a problem out of |
| naturally occurring hormone named Ghrelin. The | | | | solution. When or if that happens, the world would then |
| hormone regulates eating behavior and assists in | | | | be ready for an obesity vaccine. |
| regulating the body's energy. It encourages the body to | | | | |