Commentary Open Access
Volume 3 | Issue 3 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/diabetes.3.044
Commentary on Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity
Erica M. Garner1, Kevin D. Niswender1, Gitanjali Srivastava1,2,3,*
- 1Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville,TN, USA
- 2Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- 3Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Corresponding Author
Gitanjali Srivastava, gitanjali.srivastava@vumc.org
Received Date: August 19, 2021
Accepted Date: August 24, 2021
Garner EM, Niswender KD, Srivastava G. Commentary on Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity. J Diabetes Clin Res. 2021; 3(3):81-84.
Copyright: © 2021 Garner EM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
GLP-1R agonist, Semaglutide, Overweight, Obesity, Weight loss, Diabetes, Anti-obesity medication
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