For adults with obesity, taking liraglutide plus metformin helps you lose more weight than just taking metformin — about 4 extra pounds on average over 6 months.

Adults with obesity who took a drug called liraglutide for 6 months, while eating less and exercising, lost more deep belly fat than those who didn’t — and the study says this medicine might help burn that stubborn fat better.

If you have knee arthritis, taking certain diabetes weight-loss drugs like semaglutide or liraglutide can help you lose around 7.5 kilograms on average, mostly because they help control your hunger and energy use, which might also take some pressure off your joints.

If you lose weight on a low-calorie diet, you're more likely to keep it off if you combine liraglutide with aerobic exercise, rather than doing just one of those things — the exercise seems to boost how well the medication works over time.

Medicines like liraglutide, semaglutide, and tirzepatide can help people with extra weight lose pounds and improve their blood sugar, liver health, cholesterol, and blood pressure.

Some diabetes and weight-loss drugs, like tirzepatide, can help people lose a lot of weight—up to nearly 18% more than a fake treatment over a year and a half—especially in those without diabetes, and they might also improve overall health.