71(Supplement_1) Emmerich S, Fryar C, Stierman B, Ogden C (2024) Obesity and severe obesity prevalence in adults: United States, August 2021August 2023
Every cell in your body requires glucose for energy, yet too much glucose circulating in your bloodstream causes progressive damage to blood vessels, nerves, and organs over time
Dr Kath McCullough, special adviser on obesity at the Royal College of Physicians, described the results as encouraging and said treatments such as retatrutide could be life-changing for many people living with obesity and diabetes
GLP-1 helps regulate appetite
A recent meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials demonstrated a 13-percent relative risk reduction for all-cause death, along with significant risk reductions across multiple outcomes, including 16 percent for renal failure, 13 percent for congestive heart failure hospitalizations, 14 percent for major adverse cardiovascular events, 12 percent for stroke, 13 percent for non-fatal myocardial infarction and 14 percent for cardiovascular death