A workshop entitled ''Obesity Solutions'' was held on January 11, 1996
, at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City and was jointly spo
nsored by the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Obesity Research Center and the Nes
tle R&D Center, Inc., of New Milford, Connecticut. The purpose of the
workshop was to bring together experts from the research community and
the pharmaceutical and food industries to address the epidemic of obe
sity in the United States and offer potential solutions. The following
is a report of that meeting.