Thomas Wadden Quotations

Our findings indicate that weight loss medications should be used only as an adjunct to a program of lifestyle modification, as recommended by both the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration .

We now realize that people may have to take weight-loss medications on a long-term basis, ... just like they have to take other medications such as those that control cholesterol or high blood pressure.

Weight loss medications helped people lose weight, as did a program of lifestyle modification we designed to improve eating and exercise habits.

There's nothing worse than to be watching your calories and exercising, but the scale just doesn't budge, ... You just feel like, 'My efforts are for naught.' That's when people tend to give up.

The take-home message is very clear. When you just take the medication by itself you will lose weight, but you will lose less than half the weight of people who also change their eating habits and modify their behavior. It's putting the combination together that produces the best results.

That's an extraordinary amount. People are lucky if they can lose 10 percent of their starting weight.

If you pit this medication against your favorite all-you-can-eat buffet, the ... buffet is going to win nine out of 10 times. So it's important you try to modify eating habits,