Clinical and metabolic profile of adults with obesity attending lifestyle medicine clinics
In a real-world primary care setting, Liraglutide plus lifestyle modification and lifestyle modification alone both produced a substantial benefit in metabolic and anthropometric parameters. The incremental benefit of Liraglutide was confined to a modest reduction in waist circumference and did not translate into clinically meaningful differences compared with lifestyle intervention alone. Structured, multidisciplinary lifestyle care should remain the foundation of obesity management, with pharmacotherapy targeted to selected patients.
Authors
- Abdulmajeed Alshaikh
- Amr A. Arafat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-7287)
- Haifa F. Alotaibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-7394)
- Faisal Kunnathodi
- Hanan AlTaib
- Reem AlAqeel
Institutions
- Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
- Prince Sultan University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342153
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00