Over the years, he tried crash diets, like Atkins or intermittent fasting, and might drop 30 or 40 pounds, only to gain them back within a few months
Of course he tried eating well and everything, but now with the medications, its better a 100% change, said Wilmer Cardenas of Santa Clara, who said his husband lost about 100 pounds over about two years using GLP-1s covered by Medi-Cal, Californias version of Medicaid
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Given the relatively smaller reduction in body weight (9.4%) in the SELECT trial compared to previous RCTs: 14.9% in STEP1 (BMI 37.86.7 kg/m 2 ) [16] and 13.2% STEP6 (BMI 31.9 kg/m 2 ) [49], pleiotropic effects of semaglutide may contribute to the overall CV risk reduction [25,37]
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