The Ohio State Medical Board recently changed a rule that had negatively affected people struggling to manage their weight, a sign that obesity is finally gaining acceptance as a disease.
, the telehealth subscription service that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs. Among the drugs they prescribe is the much talked about drug for weight loss, Wegovy.
Over the next couple of decades, scientists also discovered hormones produced in the stomach, intestines and fat cells that signaled hunger or fullness. These hormones include leptin, GLP-1 and PYY, that signal fullness, and Ghrelin, a hormone that signals hunger. In the absence of the correct metabolic hormones or the right receptors for those hormones, the body can’t maintain an optimal set point for body fat. It’s believed that and both genetics and the environment may contribute to the disruption of this set point. Some people are born with defects in these hormones, while in others, changes can emerge over time making it harder and harder to shed unwanted pounds.produced by our fat cells tells the brain how full we are. He likens it to a gas gauge.
But we also know that GLP-1 makes us feel full; so in addition to helping improve the symptoms of diabetes, they induce weight loss.
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