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Yao ZG, Liu Y, Zhang L, et al

Special consideration is necessary when prescribing GLP-1 agonists in individuals with a history of eating disorders or other forms of psychiatric conditions, emphasizing pre-treatment screening akin to bariatric surgery protocols

Lastly, the overall statistical and clinical heterogenicity varied too widely to perform an adequate meta-analysis

Front Immunol (2020) 11:484
They can protect lean body mass and micronutrient status during weight loss (which is often rapid with GLP-1s)

Glucose-dependent insulin-releasing polypeptide (GIP) and GLP-1 are both secreted in response to food ingestion and potentiate the glucose-induced insulin response (figure 1)