Unlike general diet programs, medical weight loss is grounded in evidence-based strategies and designed to treat obesity and its related health conditions, including high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and insulin resistance
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Tirzepatide significantly reduced liver weight in treated females (t 18 =2.58, P=0.019
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The pivotal SURMOUNT-1 trial that established tirzepatide's weight-loss efficacy capped doses at 5, 10, and 15 mg weekly and showed 20.9% mean body-weight reduction at 15 mg over 72 weeks (Jastreboff et al., 2022)