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The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved three anti-obesity drugs for long-term management in the past decade. In addition, since 2019, bariatric surgery has been financially supported...
Over the last 5 years, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved four anti-obesity drugs for long-term weight management. In this review, the mechanisms of action and...
Recently, incretin hormone-based therapies, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, have become the main therapeutic tools in the hyperglycemia management in patients with type 2 diabetes...
Because of the widespread use of ant-obesity medications, bariatricians need to be aware not only of common adverse events but also uncommon serious events in the pharmacotherapy of obesity. Safety...
Diabetes is prevalent in obese population, and obesity management is the first step in preventing diabetes. Traditionally, lifestyle modification including reduced-calorie diet, physical activity, and behavior intervention is the core...
Obesity is a chronic disorder that is a significant risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, malignancy, and other chronic diseases. Lifestyle modifications form the basis of most treatments for obesity,...
In 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration issued guidance which mandated long-term cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) to assess the safety of new antidiabetic drugs for type 2 diabetes....
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes guideline for treatment of diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) is recommended in...
Obesity is one of the most significant risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, malignancy and other chronic diseases. The obesity and its associated conditions is one of the most urgent...
Obesity has become a global public health problem. The importance of obesity is highlighted by the fact that obesity-related comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, are...
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, is increasing worldwide. Although there have been advances in diabetes treatments that reduce microvascular...
New therapeutics for type 2 diabetes using incretin hormone were introduced recently. Incretin-based therapies consist of two types: GLP-1 agonists mainly acting on the GLP-1 receptor and dipeptidyl peptidase 4...
Type 2 diabetes and obesity have a complex relationship; obesity is linked to insulin resistance, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. The management of obesity is an important method to...
There have recently been many advances in obesity treatment, including lifestyle modifications and pharmacological and surgical treatments. Specifically, pharmacological strategies have improved significantly. However, the history of the development of...
Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is secreted from enteroendocrine L-cells in response to oral nutrient intake and elicits glucose-stimulated insulin secretion while suppressing glucagon secretion. It also slows gastric emptying, which...