Nutrients
Lifestyle Medicine as Co-Therapy During Incretin-Based Anti-Obesity Pharmacotherapy: Integrating Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Behavioral Strategies for Long-Term Success
Background/Objectives: Obesity is a chronic, progressive, and relapsing disease that requires long-term, multidisciplinary management rather than episodic weight-loss treatment. Although novel incretin-based anti-obesity pharmacotherapies, including GLP-1 receptor agonists and dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists, have markedly improved the clinical management of obesity, weight reduction alone does not fully capture treatment success. Body composition, lean mass preservation, physical function, nutritional adequacy, p …