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Inequalities in the provision of GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of obesity

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GLP-1 receptor agonists are effective treatments for obesity but are less accessible worldwide than pharmacological treatments for diabetes, reflecting biases and lack of education, and perpetuating health inequalities.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Stephanie W. Waldrop, Veronica R. Johnson.

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  1. University of Colorado School of Medicine–Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section on Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado (CUNORC), Aurora, CO, USA

    Stephanie W. Waldrop

  2. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Veronica R. Johnson

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, Department of Medicine–Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics–Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Boston, MA, USA

    Fatima Cody Stanford

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Waldrop, S.W., Johnson, V.R. & Stanford, F.C. Inequalities in the provision of GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of obesity. Nat Med 30, 22–25 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02669-x

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