Across all four STEP clinical trials, participants who received semaglutide lost an average of between 10% and 17% of their body weight
Semaglutide suppresses appetite but does not prevent poor food choices
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The researchers found that semaglutide-treated participants showed a pattern of increased willingness to exert physical efforts with higher expected values of reward (treatment visit expected value interaction: 2 = 12.024)
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The ability to buy or pick up discounted GLP-1s at outlets like Walmart, Costco, Sams Club, and CVS could make GLP-1s more affordable for some people who dont have insurance coverage, says Sarah Ackah, MD, MPH, an endocrinologist also at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center