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This article originally posted 13 January, 2012 and appeared in  ObesityMedicationGLP-1 Receptor Agonist TherapyIssue 608Special Edition - Weight Loss

Appetite-curbing Hormone Helps to Lose Weight

Obese patients with or without diabetes who took a minimum dosage of the appetite-suppressing glucagon-like peptide-1 hormone for at least 20 weeks lost more weight than people in control groups from a review of 25 studies in the British Medical Journal. Researchers also noted improvements in blood pressure and total cholesterol levels in GLP-1-treated patients. BMJ, Jan, 2012

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This article originally posted 13 January, 2012 and appeared in  ObesityMedicationGLP-1 Receptor Agonist TherapyIssue 608Special Edition - Weight Loss

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