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Reflecting a growing acceptance of obesity as a legitimate medical condition, at least in the United State, a 2024 employer health benefits survey found that 61% of respondents support expanding Medicare (federal health insurance program primarily for individuals aged 65 and older) coverage beyond treatment for T2DM to include GLP-1 therapies for weight management in overweight individuals (Kaiser Family, F, 2024)
The researchers included patients treated with the older GLP-1s that are approved for treatment of diabetes which are associated with substantially less weight loss than the medications now approved to treat obesity
To address the problem of once-a-day injections of Liraglutide, Lilly launched Dulaglutide, which is administered once a week and was approved by the FDA in 2014 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Concomitant with the spread of the western lifestyle, the prevalence of these diseases has rapidly increased (6, 7)