Life course of obesity drugs

Muscle (pink; artificially coloured) does not decline steeply in middle-aged individuals taking obesity drugs.

Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL
Muscles keep their strength after substantial weight loss following treatment with the new generation of obesity drugs 1 .

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