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Its not surprising, then, that results from Mercers National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2023 show that fewer than half of large employers (42% of those with 500 or more employees) currently cover GLP-1 medications for treatment of obesity, although another 19% say they are considering it
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Symptoms were, more often than not, on the milder end, including nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, dizziness, and headache
Visceral adipose tissue loss almost invariably decreases triglycerides and increases HDL and moderately improves LDL particle profile