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Exploring New Agents For Weight Loss

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Exploring New Agents For Weight Loss

United Arab Emirates flagPresented United Arab Emirates by Dr. Yanal Salam

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Case Summary

  • Obesity is now recognized as a complex, chronic disease with various complications, necessitating a multidisciplinary approach involving physicians and dietitians. Weight loss medications, such as GLP-1 agonists and GIPs (Monjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic), are increasingly popular, aiming to mitigate complications like type 2 diabetes, asthma, and fatty liver disease.

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Dr. Yanal Salam

Dr. Yanal Salam

Head of Internal Medicine Department, Emirates Hospital, Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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