NICE guidance on overweight and obesity management stresses individualised support, realistic goals, behavioural strategies and regular review rather than one-size-fits-all dieting
Sarah Armstrong, chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health at the Duke University School of Medicine, who directs Duke Childrens Healthy Lifestyles Program and who wasnt involved with the new study
This might involve optimising other oral medications, considering alternative injectable therapies, or intensifying lifestyle interventions
Patients should be counseled about the potential risk for MTC with this drug and the symptoms of thyroid tumors (e.g., a mass in the neck, dysphagia, dyspnea, persistent hoarseness)
I was running 4 miles 4-5 times a week but I was overeating