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Lesser known factors such as cerebral blood flow, food cue reactivity, gut hormone levels, and dietary adherence possibly impact variability of response to liraglutide.
Healthcare providers should consider these lesser-known factors when evaluating patient responses to liraglutide.
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Lesser known and harder-to-measure factors such as cerebral blood flow, food cue reactivity, gut hormone levels, and dietary adherence possibly impact variability of response to liraglutide.
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Potential contributors to variation in weight‐loss response to liraglutide
Chelsi Webster et al. · Obesity Reviews · 2023
DOI 10.1111/obr.13568
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