obese
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The results came in a trial largely designed to test the drug’s ability to deliver relief for overweight and obese patients with knee pain.
From Barron's
The researchers then administered FGF19 directly into the brains of the obese animals.
From Science Daily
The US Centers for Disease Control says 40 percent of Americans are obese, and almost 16 percent have diabetes, a condition that can result from being excessively overweight.
From Barron's
With more than one billion people worldwide now obese, it is calling for more widespread and fairer access to GLP-1 medication.
From BBC
Latest official figures suggest that one in 10 children in England is obese when they go to primary school at the age of four or five.
From Barron's
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