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Weight maintenance and additional weight loss with liraglutide after low-calorie-diet-induced weight loss: The SCALE Maintenance randomized study

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Liraglutide, with diet and exercise, maintained weight loss achieved by caloric restriction and induced further weight loss over 56 weeks, and produced small but statistically significant improvements in several cardiometabolic risk factors compared with placebo.
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Weight maintenance and additional weight loss with liraglutide after low-calorie-diet-induced weight loss: The SCALE Maintenance randomized study

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European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults

TL;DR: It is concluded that physicians have a responsibility to recognise obesity as a disease and help obese patients with appropriate prevention and treatment and focus on realistic goals and lifelong multidisciplinary management.
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Pharmacological Management of Obesity: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

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Long-term Drug Treatment for Obesity: A Systematic and Clinical Review

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World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

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