To shed light on the aforementioned questions and more, we spoke with 2 clinicians: Nancy Bono, DO, chair of family medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), and Eleanor Yusupov, DO, assistant professor of clinical specialties at NYITCOM
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One study found that semaglutide can lead to an average 15% weight loss in a little over a year
Wegovy has shown the largest average weight loss in clinical trials
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This suggests that while pharmacotherapy amplifies initial outcomes, structured exercise is strongly associated with more durable weight-loss maintenance