In the Middle East, the XeniCare Support Program a special dieting and slimming support organisation set up by Hoffmann La Roche continues to grow and become popular with numbers breaking the twenty thousand mark since its beginning in 2001. The Xenicare Program was designed to give quality advice and help to people who diet while using the drug Xenical.

The popularity of the Xenicare plan is because of a positive amount of weight loss successes with the participants. In a survey taken among existing program members 90% said that they were happy with the advice they got on the program and that they felt that they had got quality and relevant information on healthy eating methods which made their dieting easier and more fruitful.

The program kit consists of a CD ROM with advice on good cooking practices, low fat recipes as well as hints about slimming techniques. The kit also includes measuring tape with a colour code so that your weight loss can be easily visualized along with a pillbox to keep your Xenical handy for when you need to take it.

Many researchers into successful weight loss methods talk of the encouragement and support as being nearly as important as the actual diet plan itself in getting results. The Xenicare program is aware of this as has invested heavily into providing this care in it Middle East suport program and the investment seems to be bearing fruit with thousands of happy participants

The Xenicare Program also focuses on the maintaining of the weight loss and not just as a quick fix solution. Xenical can lower the amount of fat being taken into the digestive system by up to 30%. This not only helps to shed weight but also maintains the weight loss. Over twenty million people have used Xenical since it was made available.