Mir Ali, MD, board certified general surgeon, bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA, not involved in this research, said that this study was helpful to show that some muscle can occur with significant weight loss. We see this in our surgical weight loss patients as well, and try to emphasize methods to minimize muscle loss, he told MNT
3 Rapid weight loss following weight loss surgeries like gastric sleeve and gastric bypass can cause gallstone formation
In a head-to-head trial, tirzepatide produced an average of 20.2% body weight loss versus 13.7% for semaglutide over 72 weeks, making it the most effective weight loss medication currently approved
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