When combined with a comprehensive weight loss plan that includes nutrition and physical activity, these medications can lead to meaningful, sustainable results
Why GLP-1s Matter Now Obesity and metabolic disease are at the heart of todays global health crisis
We note that, because adult height is treated as constant during the treatment window, the percentage change in BMI (BMI % ) is mathematically identical to the percentage change in weight (weight % )
Scientists have developed treatments that mimic GLP-1s effects
Tell your health care provider right away if you get symptoms which may include: pain in your upper stomach (abdomen), fever, yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), or clay-colored stools food or liquid getting into the lungs during surgery or other procedures that use anesthesia or deep sleepiness (deep sedation)
GLP-1 drugs like Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy, and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and Zepbound arent exactly new, but theyve exploded into public consciousness