QUICK POLL RESULTS: Treating Teenage Obesity With Drugs

Published on: January 23, 2004

The FDA is in the process of approving a new drug called Xenical, for use by teenagers in fighting obesity. We ran a quick poll to see what our readers think of using a drug to combat weight problems in children. Here are the results.

Should Overweight Children be given drugs to fight obesity?

Yes	20%
No	80%

At what weight do you consider a child overweight? [select one]

10 lbs	9%
15 lbs	28%
25 lbs	21%
30 lbs	23%
40 lbs	8%
50 lbs	7%
75 lbs	4%
100 lbs	1%

Column Archives

For archived copies of 71 QuickPoll Results stories, click the links below:

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April 22, 2004

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April 9, 2004

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April 2, 2004

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January 31, 2004

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January 23, 2004

QUICK POLL RESULTS: Treating Teenage Obesity With Drugs

January 3, 2004

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