Over 68 weeks, the semaglutide group lost an average of 14.9 percent of body weight versus 2.4 percent on placebo
Meal and Air-Swallowing Factors Large meals, eating quickly, carbonated drinks, gum, hard candy, drinking through a straw, smoking, and talking while eating can increase belching
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Obesity is widespread in the U.S., affecting 42.4% of adults (over 140 million Americans), with 9.2% classified as severely obese (over 30 million Americans)
As a retrospective analysis of electronic health records, it is susceptible to selection and ascertainment bias, and cardiovascular conditions and outcomes were identified primarily using ICD diagnostic codes, which may not always reflect specialist-confirmed diagnoses