Taking a drug called retatrutide can shrink your waist by nearly 8 inches over a year if you're an adult with obesity, which means you're losing dangerous belly fat that's linked to heart and metabolic problems.

Taking a drug called retatrutide every week for about 6 to 12 months probably helps people with obesity or type 2 diabetes lose belly fat and drop their BMI by noticeable amounts.

A shot called retatrutide, given once a week, helped people with obesity lose nearly a quarter of their body weight over a year—some losing around 57 pounds—much more than those on a dummy shot.

People with obesity who took a shot called retatrutide once a week for a year lost nearly a quarter of their body weight—way more than those who got a dummy shot. This makes it one of the strongest weight-loss medicines we’ve seen so far.

Taking a weekly shot of a drug called retatrutide might help lower blood pressure in people who are overweight, obese, or have type 2 diabetes — and this benefit might happen even if they don’t lose much weight.

Taking a weekly injection called retatrutide might help people who are overweight or have type 2 diabetes lose around 10-11 pounds, shrink their waistline, and lower their BMI — which could mean real, helpful weight loss.