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Medicine · Diabetes & Endocrinology
Recent commentary in The Lancet highlights how the therapeutic landscape for obesity has been transformed by the development of incretin-based medications, including semaglutide and tirzepatide. Randomised clinical trials have demonstrated that these agents achieve an average weight loss of 15–20%, representing a major advance in medical weight management. For a leading diabetologist managing complex metabolic disease, these findings underscore a paradigm shift in obesity treatment that directly impacts clinical strategies for reducing diabetes-related complications.
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