| abstract |
This invention relates to the prevention and treatment of obesity. More particularly, this invention relates to a method of: a) treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting, or reducing obesity; b) promoting, increasing or facilitating weight loss; c) decreasing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing appetite; d) altering the body composition, e) altering lean body mass or fat free body mass, f) converting fat to lean muscle; g) treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting, or reducing an obesity-associated metabolic disorder, for example hypertension, osteoarthritis, Type II diabetes mellitus, increased blood pressure, stroke, or heart disease; h) decreasing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing adipogenesis; i) altering stem cell differentiation; and/or j) altering the level of leptin; comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, prodrug, polymorph, crystal, or any combination thereof, as described herein. |