Untreated obesity is associated with significant additional health consequences (Figure 1),7,1529 and obesity is an independent risk factor for increased all-cause mortality.30 The 2013 joint American Heart Association (AHA), Obesity Society (TOS) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines for management of overweight and obesity state that the greater the BMI, the higher the risk of fatal coronary heart disease and that the higher the BMI, the greater the risk of all-cause mortality.31,32 Additionally, overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes who intentionally lost 9 kg to 13 kg had a 25% decrease in mortality rate and there is a doseresponse relationship between the amount of weight loss achieved by lifestyle intervention and the improvement in lipid profile
Most researchers report that cardiac awareness diminishes significantly after 6 months of stable dosing
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Among employers covering GLP-1 agonist drugs for weight loss, most firms view it as important or very important for employee satisfaction The meaningful shares of larger employers covering these medications for weight loss, notwithstanding their relatively high cost, underscores the importance many employers place on covering these medications for employees
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