The observational design of the study allows for potential confounding of results as it does not take into account socioeconomic status, physical activity levels, dietary quality, and health-seeking behavior from the persons evaluated, Carcas, who was not involved in this study, explained
The original poster acknowledged that some might think it was because of fat loss
For a subset of plastic surgeons, the GLP-1/aesthetics crossover moment also included prescribing semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) to select patients before body-contouring procedures, like tummy tucks, to help them reach a safe weight for surgery (higher BMIs are associated with a greater risk of complications) and to shrink the visceral fat in their abdomens, allowing for a more dramatic cinching of waistlines
Urgent medical attention is needed for red flags such as unexplained weight loss, fever, focal neurological deficits, or inflammatory joint swelling