11.   High-fashion models are only the latest subscribers, using heroin first because it suppresses appetite, helping them stay thin.

12.   Later on, it became commonly used in weight loss drugs because it resembles amphetamine, which as a stimulant helps suppress appetite.

13.   Monks ate the berries of the chaste tree, or vitex, to suppress sexual appetite.

14.   Neither war nor economic sanctions have suppressed their appetite, though they have affected supplies.

15.   Some doctor-prescribed drugs can suppress appetite by increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin.

16.   This suppressed his appetite, making him weak and susceptible to infection.

17.   Unlike anti-obesity medications that suppress appetite, Xenical works by blocking the absorption of fat in the intestines.

18.   Dieters may be driven to overeat because of low amounts of a key chemical in the brain that suppresses appetite, a study suggests.

19.   Drugs that suppress appetite by acting on the receptors are already in use, but scientists may be able to find better ones, she said.

20.   High leptin levels might also suppress appetite, said Dr. Timothy Brewerton of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.