The Claim

In obese, nondiabetic women, 30% are high responders to a 16-week exenatide treatment regimen, achieving at least a 5% reduction in body weight with an average weight loss of 7.96%, while 31% are nonresponders who experience weight gain with an average increase of 1.93%, indicating substantial individual variability in treatment response.

Source: Short-Term Exenatide Treatment Leads to Significant Weight Loss in a Subset of Obese Women Without Diabetes

What the research says

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In plain English

Some women who are obese but don’t have diabetes lose a good amount of weight on a drug called exenatide for 16 weeks, but almost as many actually gain weight — showing it works very differently from person to person.

See the scientific wording

In obese, nondiabetic women, 30% are high responders to 16-week exenatide treatment, losing at least 5% of body weight (average 7.96% loss), while 31% are nonresponders who gain weight (average 1.93% gain), demonstrating substantial individual variability in response.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Short-Term Exenatide Treatment Leads to Significant Weight Loss in a Subset of Obese Women Without Diabetes

    The study looked at how obese women who don’t have diabetes responded to a 16-week exenatide treatment, and found that some lost a lot of weight, some lost a little, and some even gained weight—just like the claim says.

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