Unlocking Nutritional Success: A Clinician’s Guide to Anti-Obesity Medication Diets

A new review presents nutritional guidelines for patients using anti-obesity medications, emphasizing the importance of maintaining diet quality and monitoring to prevent deficiencies, and highlights the need for further research on new treatments.

Individuals using anti-obesity medications often find that their appetite decreases, leading to a lower food intake. Consequently, the quality of the diet becomes crucial as it must fulfill nutritional needs with less food consumed. To support this, medical experts have compiled a set of evidence-based dietary guidelines to help clinicians guide patients on anti-obesity medications. These recommendations have been detailed in a review published in Obesity, the flagship journal of The Obesity Society (TOS).

“Our evidence-based review aims to equip clinicians with knowledge and tools to help support optimal nutritional and medical outcomes for their patients treated with anti-obesity medications,” said Eli Lilly and Company Executive Director of Global Medical Affairs—Obesity Lisa M. Neff. Neff is the corresponding author of the review paper.