Cited by 8Diabetes Treatment and ManagementPharmacology and Obesity TreatmentBariatric Surgery and Outcomes

Obesity management for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: emerging evidence and therapeutic approaches

Open access
Morissette, Arianne, Mulvihill, Erin E.·2024·Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Abstract

Excess adiposity can contribute to metabolic complications, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which poses a significant global health burden. Traditionally viewed as a chronic and irreversible condition, T2DM management has evolved and new approaches emphasizing reversal and remission are emerging. Bariatric surgery demonstrates significant improvements in body weight and glucose homeostasis. However, its complexity limits widespread implementation as a population-wide intervention. The identification of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have improved T2DM management and offer promising outcomes in terms of weight loss. Innovative treatment approaches combining GLP-1RA with other gut and pancreatic-derived hormone receptor agonists, such as glucose-dependant insulinotropic peptide (GIP) and glucagon (GCG) receptor agonists, or coadministered with amylin analogues, are demonstrating enhanced efficacy in both weight loss and glycemic control. This review aims to explore the benefits of bariatric surgery and emerging pharmacological therapies such as GLP-1RAs, and dual and triple agonists in managing obesity and T2DM while highlighting the caveats and evolving landscape of treatment options.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.3389/jpps.2024.13065

Cites

77 of 77 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Within the same category of GLP-1 mono-agonists or dual-agonists, there was considerable variability in weight reduction effects, which may be related to different affinities of drugs for receptors.

    “Additionally, even within the same category of GLP-1 mono-agonists or dual-agonists, there was considerable variability in weight reduction effects, which may be related to the different affinities of drugs for receptors [23,24].”

    From Comparative efficacy and safety of GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight reduction: A model-based meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials (2025) · cites this paper as [23]

    The GLP-1RA-based therapies section reports different weight-loss results for the mono-agonists liraglutide (6%) and semaglutide (9.6%) in separate trials. It does not establish variability among dual-agonists or suggest that differences in receptor affinity explain the weight-loss results. The copy provides no page numbers for these passages. (LLM, conf=0.84)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Morissette, A., & Mulvihill, E. E.
Affiliations
  • Ottawa Heart Institute (CA)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
Corresponding author
Mulvihill, Erin E.
Venue
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Published
2024-06-06
Volume
27
Pages
13065-13065
ISSN
1482-1826 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4399527310
Cited by
8
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5
FWCI
0.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Diabetes Canada
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
Keywords
type 2 diabetes, obesity, bariatric surgery, GLP-1 receptor agonists, glucagon-like peptide-1, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon receptor agonist, amylin analogues, weight loss, glycemic control, diabetes remission
MeSH terms
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor, Obesity Management, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Obesity, Weight Loss, Bariatric Surgery, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review