{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: A Revolution in the Treatment of Obesity.
{Author}: Spector R;
{Journal}: Am J Med
{Volume}: 0
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 May 22
{Factor}: 5.928
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.05.023
{Abstract}: Forty percent of Americans are obese and 20% are overweight. Until recently, notwithstanding great efforts to combat this chronic, worsening epidemic, the only therapy that "worked" was surgery. However, recently, a new class of safe drugs (incretins) have been developed that cause obese patients to lose ∼20 to 25% of their body weight. Herein we recount this revolution and its implications.