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For weight management, NICE provides guidance on eligibility for specialist weight management services, which may include other pharmacological options such as orlistat (though this can also cause gastrointestinal side effects that may be problematic in IBD)

If you have underlying health problems, weight management can reduce the risk of complications and improve your quality of life

Interestingly, GLP-1 receptors are expressed in certain areas of the central nervous system responsible for drug- and food-related rewarding effects, such as the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens [] Consistent with this, GLP-1 RAs attenuate the drug reward for substances such as nicotine in animal models [,]

Each 5 mg increase translated to roughly 2 to 3 percentage points of additional weight loss