Obesity

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Semaglutide led to meaningful reductions in symptoms, weight in patients with obesity and HFpEF

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Weight loss may have helped boost employment

No association with invasive disease-free survival, so far

Only one in 10 with overweight or obesity achieve 5% or greater weight loss each year

But talk therapy did improve mental health, disordered-eating behaviors

Increased ventricular mass without the usual etiologies of heart disease was noted

Helped more patients achieve clinically significant weight loss

Stable or small declines reported in cardiovascular counseling nationwide

Prior findings from same cohort showed link between alcohol use disorder and bariatric surgery

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Though clear link seen for BMIs of 30 and above