ABSTRACT
Psychotropic medications were introduced in the 1950s. Despite their significant contribution to the management of psychiatric disease, they have been known from the onset of their usage as promotors of appetite and food intake, (1) and as a consequence of undesirable increase in body weight. More recently, the risk factors associated with weight gain and obesity have been delineated (1). These disease states include hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and certain types of cancer (1-9).
