The Claim

In adults with obesity and prediabetes, 14 weeks of caloric restriction results in a 9.5% reduction in visceral fat, which is significantly greater than the 4.8% reduction observed with 1.8 mg/day liraglutide.

Source: Effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide, compared to caloric restriction, on appetite, dietary intake, body fat distribution and cardiometabolic biomarkers: A randomized trial in adults with obesity and prediabetes

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Cause and effect
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In plain English

In adults with obesity and prediabetes, 14 weeks of eating fewer calories reduces visceral fat by 9.5%, which is more than the 4.8% reduction seen with a daily dose of 1.8 mg of liraglutide.

See the scientific wording

In adults with obesity and prediabetes, 14 weeks of caloric restriction reduced visceral fat by 9.5%, significantly more than the 4.8% reduction seen with 1.8 mg/day liraglutide, suggesting caloric restriction is more effective at reducing this high-risk fat depot.

Why this might work

When a person eats fewer calories, the body breaks down stored fat in the belly area more aggressively and stops storing new fat there, leading to a bigger drop in belly fat than when a drug only reduces hunger.

Verified mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide, compared to caloric restriction, on appetite, dietary intake, body fat distribution and cardiometabolic biomarkers: A randomized trial in adults with obesity and prediabetes

    In a study of adults with obesity and prediabetes, cutting calories for 14 weeks shrunk dangerous belly fat more than taking the drug liraglutide, proving that diet alone worked better than the medicine for this specific type of fat.

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