While on Wegovy, you should eat a healthy, balanced diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and healthy fats while avoiding or limiting your intake of saturated fats, processed meats, packaged snacks, and sugary beverages
For example, a clinical trial reported that participants lost an average of 15% of their body weight over a 68-week period when using Wegovy
If side effects limit quality of life, your clinician can change the dose, slow escalation, or stop therapy and provide alternative strategies for weight and metabolic management
Current evidence from large clinical trials and observational studies does not show an increased overall cancer risk in humans taking GLP-1 medicines