Obesity is defined as BMI at or above the 95th percentile for age and sex
These regular check-ins help guide whether your dose should stay the same, increase slightly, or, in some cases, decrease to keep things manageable
This is why once you stop the medication, all the weight often comes back
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Changes in food preferences may reflect general appetite suppression rather than specific effects on sugar intake, and individual responses vary considerably
Finally, publication bias cannot be excluded, especially given the increasing clinical interest in GLP-1RAs and the greater likelihood of publishing studies with favorable outcomes