Patients should be counseled that scale weight may not accurately reflect body composition changes
Our weight loss program in Marshall, Texas employs weight loss experts who understand that each patient's body reacts differently to medications, and what works well for one person may not be suitable for another
Although an association with urinary congenital malformations was identified, it was based on limited unadjusted data and may reflect confounding by maternal diabetes or obesity rather than a true treatment effect
The key is understanding what each treatment is designed to do and setting realistic expectations
The goal is to build habits they can sustain long term
Wang D, Luo P, Wang Y, Li W, Wang C, Sun D, Zhang R, Su T, Ma X, Zeng C, Wang H, Ren J, Cao F: Glucagon-like peptide-1 protects against cardiac microvascular injury in diabetes via a cAMP/PKA/Rho-dependent mechanism