Obesity 2015: Less Invasive Options Will Drive Growth In Market Hungry For Solutions
Executive Summary
Nearly half of the world’s adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030 and obesity is tied to more than 40 diseases. Enterprising companies are heeding the call with increasingly less invasive weight loss devices, while an amenable regulatory environment means the marketplace will welcome some of these innovations in 2015.
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