Two thirds of american adults are currently overweight. That’s millions and millions of people who are at a greater risk of health effects such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death killing over 500,000 people in one year. There is obviously something that has to be done about America’s problem with overweight or obese conditions. Dieting and exercise can be hard for many people who are busy or just to lazy; this is where diet pills come in. Could they be the perfect solution for America’s weight problem?

Pills and medication for dieting are fairly new. In the 1950’s and 60’s, people took pills to reduce appetite such as amphetamines. These worked fairly well because why eat if you aren't hungry? More drugs used until about the mid-1990’s were fenphen and dexfenfluramine. These drugs helped people struggling with weight shed the pounds easier and worked well for most people. The down side was that sometimes these drugs caused paranoia (amphetamines) or heart valve disease (fenphen and dexfenfluramine). Most weight-loss drugs work by altering metabolism, changing appetites of the user, or, just …show more content…
People push the fact that there needs to be a cure, and fast, for America’s weight problem. Two thirds of America is overweight and that can be very dangerous. Weight loss pills work very well when paired with some diet and exercise. Dropping even a little weight for some people could be the difference between the possibility of a life threatening disease and health. An excess of fat can plug up arteries with cholesterol, release some hormones that have been suspected to cause cancer, restrict the airway in the neck and cause sleep apnea, and much more. Weight loss medicines can also help people shed a few pounds easily or quite a few pounds with other help. These pills could save many lives and prevent many illnesses from even