Research
Hormonal
Phenotype-guided pharmacotherapy (matching 'hungry gut' to GLP-1, 'hungry brain' to phentermine-topiramate, and 'slow burn' to phentermine + resistance training) yields 1.75-fold greater weight loss compared to non-phenotype-guided treatment.
If you are struggling with standard obesity treatments, ask your doctor about phenotyping. Matching your specific type of hunger (gut vs. brain vs. metabolic rate) to the right medication can significantly improve your chances of losing weight compared to a standard approach.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
The authors concluded that weight loss was 1.75-fold greater (in total 15.9%) in the phenotype-guided treatment group after 12 months, compared to patients for which phenotype did not guide the decision.
Why this rating
Based on a single pragmatic clinical trial (Acosta et al.) with 84 participants; not a large-scale multi-center RCT.
Source
Obesity treatment in adolescents and adults in the era of personalized medicine
Magnus Sundbom et al. · Journal of Internal Medicine · 2024
DOI 10.1111/joim.13816
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