Of mice and men: Why progress in the pharmacological management of obesity is slower than anticipated and what could be done about it?

Affiliations

• ¹ Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
• ² First Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ³ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Section of Endocrinology, Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: cmantzor@bidmc.harvard.edu.