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The GLP-1 Nutritional Paradox: A Global Meta-Analysis of Sarcopenic Risks and Micronutrient Gaps in the Post-Obesity Era

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Preprint: meta-analysis of studies in peopleInterventions

Abstract

While the world celebrates the apparent end of the obesity epidemic through glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) pharmacotherapy, a largely uncharacterised crisis is quietly taking shape: the _malnutrition of the medicated_.

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Aditya Birla (India)

Qeios, 3 Sep 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed

doi.org/10.32388/i85yu1