The Claim

In adults with obesity and prediabetes, administration of liraglutide at 1.8 mg/day significantly increases subjective ratings of fullness and decreases prospective food consumption compared to caloric restriction alone, without resulting in greater reductions in weight loss or fat mass.

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, taking liraglutide at 1.8 mg per day increases feelings of fullness and reduces planned food intake compared to dieting alone, but does not lead to greater loss of body weight or fat mass.

See the scientific wording

In adults with obesity and prediabetes, liraglutide 1.8 mg/day significantly improves subjective ratings of fullness and reduces prospective food consumption compared to caloric restriction, but does not lead to greater weight loss or fat mass reduction.

Why this might work

Liraglutide activates receptors in the brain that signal fullness, making a person feel satisfied without eating less food, so their body does not burn more fat or lose more weight than if they simply ate fewer calories.

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

    Liraglutide made people feel fuller and less hungry, but they didn’t eat less — and they lost less weight and fat than people who just ate fewer calories. So feeling fuller didn’t help them lose more weight.

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