Game-changing obesity drugs go mainstream: what scientists are learning

Game-changing obesity drugs go mainstream: what scientists are learning


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NEWS 23 May 2023 Game-changing obesity drugs go mainstream: what scientists are learning Studies tackle who’s most likely to lose weight on the new generation of anti-obesity medications. By


Mariana Lenharo Mariana Lenharo View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed  Google Scholar


Twitter Facebook Email Access through your institution Buy or subscribe A new generation of drugs is revolutionizing the treatment of obesity and astonishing researchers with their potency.


The drug semaglutide, for example, enabled one-third of clinical-trial participants to shed at least 20% of their body weight1. Tirzepatide, a competing therapy, achieved similar results in


more than half of study participants2.

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Nature 618, 17-18 (2023)


doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01712-8


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