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Today, GLP-1 drugs improve blood sugar control and promote weight loss, transforming metabolic disease management

They stimulate glucose-dependent insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells, suppress inappropriate glucagon release from alpha cells, slow gastric emptying, and promote satiety through central nervous system effects

At treatment initiation, the median BMI was 34.9 kg/m 2 (IQR: 32.038.6) and the median %EWL was 40.6% (IQR: 27.952.7)

Currently, no federal law explicitly bars weight-based discrimination, and most federal appeals courts have held that obesity (unless caused by an underlying health condition) is not a protected disability under the ADA

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