Effect of continued weekly subcutaneous semaglutide vs placebo on weight loss maintenance in adults with overweight or obesity: the STEP 4 randomized clinical trial

D Rubino, N Abrahamsson, M Davies, D Hesse… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The effect of continuing vs withdrawing treatment with semaglutide, a glucagon-
like peptide 1 receptor agonist, on weight loss maintenance in people with overweight or …

Effect of subcutaneous semaglutide vs placebo as an adjunct to intensive behavioral therapy on body weight in adults with overweight or obesity: the STEP 3 …

TA Wadden, TS Bailey, LK Billings, M Davies, JP Frias… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Weight loss improves cardiometabolic risk factors in people with overweight or
obesity. Intensive lifestyle intervention and pharmacotherapy are the most effective …

Tirzepatide once weekly for the treatment of obesity in people with type 2 diabetes (SURMOUNT-2): a double-blind, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled …

WT Garvey, JP Frias, AM Jastreboff, CW le Roux… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Weight reduction is essential for improving health outcomes in people with
obesity and type 2 diabetes. We assessed the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, a glucose …

ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical nutrition and hydration in geriatrics

D Volkert, AM Beck, T Cederholm, A Cruz-Jentoft… - Clinical Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Malnutrition and dehydration are widespread in older people, and obesity is an
increasing problem. In clinical practice, it is often unclear which strategies are suitable and …

Pharmacotherapy of obesity: an update on the available medications and drugs under investigation

M Chakhtoura, R Haber, M Ghezzawi, C Rhayem… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Obesity is an epidemic and a public health threat. Medical weight management remains one
of the options for the treatment of excess weight and recent advances have revolutionized …

Once-weekly semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity

JPH Wilding, RL Batterham, S Calanna… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Obesity is a global health challenge with few pharmacologic options. Whether
adults with obesity can achieve weight loss with once-weekly semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 …

Oral semaglutide 50 mg taken once per day in adults with overweight or obesity (OASIS 1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

FK Knop, VR Aroda, RD do Vale, T Holst-Hansen… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background We assessed the efficacy and safety of the oral glucagon-like peptide-1
analogue, semaglutide 50 mg, taken once per day versus placebo for the treatment of …

Waist circumference as a vital sign in clinical practice: a Consensus Statement from the IAS and ICCR Working Group on Visceral Obesity

R Ross, IJ Neeland, S Yamashita, I Shai… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite decades of unequivocal evidence that waist circumference provides both
independent and additive information to BMI for predicting morbidity and risk of death, this …

Bariatric surgery and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SL Van Veldhuisen, TM Gorter… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Obesity is a global health problem, associated with significant morbidity and mortality,
often due to cardiovascular (CV) diseases. While bariatric surgery is increasingly performed …

Tirzepatide after intensive lifestyle intervention in adults with overweight or obesity: the SURMOUNT-3 phase 3 trial

TA Wadden, AM Chao, S Machineni, R Kushner… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The effects of tirzepatide, a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like
peptide-1 receptor agonist, on weight reduction after successful intensive lifestyle …