Compounds of formula (I) are ligands of the melanin concentrating hormone-1 receptor (MCH-1R), useful in the treatment of diseases responsive to modulation of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) activity, for example feeding disorders and diseases for which obesity is a risk factor (I): wherein ring B is selected from specific substituted phenyl or benz-fused 5 membered N-containing heterocycles defined in the specification; R, is attached to a ring carbon of ring B, and represents hydrogen, F, Cl, or —OCH3; X is ═CH— or ═N—; L, is —CH2— or —CH2CH2—; L2 is a bond, —CH2— or —CO—; R2 is H or C, —C3 alkyl, or —N(R2) L, —is selected from specific cyclic amino linker radicals as defined in the specification; ring A is selected from specific N-containing heterocyclic rings as defined in the specification.