Anti-obesity medication

Victoza. The Next Miracle Weight Loss Drug?

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Victoza is a drug originally manufactured to combat the disease of diabetes. Studies have shown that taking it in conjunction with exercise and a healthy diet can lead to a 5-10% reduction in body mass. Weight loss studies have been conducted on patients with diabetes as well as those who did not have it and weight loss results were similar. Today, Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Victoza, is working to have it approved as a weight loss drug.

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Medical Weight Loss

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Medical Weight Loss

The human body naturally stores fat cells for warmth and fuel. Factors such as diet, nutrition, physical fitness, genetic make-up, and stress can influence how readily a body maintains or increases its fat layers, and where the fat is stored. Understanding how the body accumulates fat plays a large role in the success or failure of medical weight loss.

Belly Fat
Most fat accrual starts in the abdominal area and can migrate to higher on the torso and lower around the hips and thighs. The abdominal area is the center point because of where and

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