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Obesity Update 2021

Online, United Kingdom
30 Jun 2021 - 01 Jul 2021

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An update on pharmaceutical therapy and new treatments

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The future of anti-obesity medication

Finer Nick

Newer anti-obesity medications (AOM) now offer the prospect of double-digit weight loss, and potentially clinical benefits beyond those from weight loss alone (e.g., diabetes remission, cardiovascular protection) all on a background of increasing prevalence and severity of obesity in most countries. Currently the analytical framework for evaluating efficacy has been anthropometric-centric but will need to develop as it has in other chronic disease areas to be more complication...