Janese Laster, a gastroenterologist and obesity medicine specialist in Washington, D.C
In parallel, microbiome-derived signals engage vagal afferent pathways that relay information from the gut to the brainstem and hypothalamus, thereby integrating peripheral metabolic cues with neural circuits governing feeding behavior, reward processing, and locomotor activity
Not all GLP-1s are approved for obesity treatment, and this analysis includes all FDA-approved GLP-1s, including those approved for obesity (Saxenda, Weogvy, Zepbound) as well as those approved for type 2 diabetes (see Table 1)
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