Compound for the reduction of white adipose tissue and the treatment of overweight and obesity

A method of preventing the accumulation of white adipose tissue or reducing white adipose tissue which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of β-resorcylic acid or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;

• or administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising β-resorcylic acid or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, at a dose of between 14 and 60 mg/kg of body weight/day.

A non-therapeutic method of preventing the accumulation of white adipose tissue or reducing white adipose tissue which method comprises administering a subject in need thereof β-resorcylic acid or salts thereof at a dose of between 14 and 60 mg/kg of body weight/day.