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Available as: Last cited 6 Sept 2023 Purnell JQ (2000) Definitions, Classification, and Epidemiology of Obesity
The present study observed a significant improvement in self-perceived quality of life in patients using semaglutide, which was not consistently evaluated or observed in previous studies [25, 36]
Case 3 A 34-year-old female with history of overweight (BMI of 35) currently on semaglutide for weight loss (0.5 mg/subcutaneous weekly injection for total of 6 weeks) presented to the oral medicine clinic with a chief complaint of xerostomia and halitosis for the past 2 weeks
In 2022, over 2.5 billion adults worldwide were overweight, with 890 million living with obesity, while childhood obesity affected 37 million children under five and 390 million aged 519