ea0073aep280 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2021
Welling Mila
, Groot Cornelis de
, Kleinendorst Lotte
, Bibian van der Voorn
, Burgerhart Jansteven
, Eline van der Valk
, Haelst Mieke van
, Erica van den Akker
, Rossum Elisabeth van
IntroductionObesity is highly prevalent, comes with serious health burden and is difficult to treat. In a minority, there is a genetic cause for the obesity. In these patients, therapy-resistant obesity is often observed despite intensive lifestyle treatment. Moreover, it is still unclear whether bariatric surgery is less successful in genetic obesity. Liraglutide is a Glucagon-Like-Peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist or GLP-1 analogue, showing positive e...