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Weight loss can be a challenge, even for those who eat healthily and exercise regularly. But injectable type 2 diabetes ...

The new weight-loss drugs have created ... an early-generation GLP-1 drug—cut BMI by at least 5 percent in most participants after 56 weeks. A 2022 trial of 201 teens aged 12 to 18 reported ...

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GLP-1 Receptor Agonist medications, such as Ozempic, combined with exercise and nutrition, can help reduce obesity, according ...

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