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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2026

Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in the Context of Type 2 Diabetes.

Caterina Conte, Anastassia Amaro

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Caterina ConteSan Raffaele Roma University, Via di Val Cannuta 247, Rome, 00166, Italy. caterina.conte@uniroma5.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7066-5292
Anastassia AmaroUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3132-5778

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health Ricerca Corrente IRCCS MultiMedica
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo examine the role of pharmacologic obesity treatment in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), with a focus on efficacy, safety, and clinical positioning in the context of T2D-specific metabolic and therapeutic challenges. RECENT

findingsContemporary incretin receptor agonists enable clinically meaningful weight loss in people with T2D while improving glycemic control and cardio-renal, hepatic, and functional outcomes, including improvements in physical performance and symptoms in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, weight loss is consistently attenuated compared with obesity without diabetes, reflecting reduced metabolic flexibility (impaired ability to appropriately adjust fuel utilization), background therapies, and social determinants of health rather than treatment failure. Obesity pharmacotherapy should be considered a disease-modifying component of T2D care. Treatment success should be defined by improvements in adiposity-related complications, organ protection, and patient-centered outcomes, not by fixed weight-loss thresholds. A complication-focused, individualized approach is essential to optimize long-term benefit in T2D.

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Anti-Obesity AgentsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Hypoglycemic AgentsObesityDiabesityHumansIncretinsWeight LossAnti-Obesity AgentsHypoglycemic AgentsIncretinsCardiometabolic riskGLP‑1 agonistsIncretin therapySarcopenic diabetesSemaglutideTirzepatide

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