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Building Effective Multimodal Care for Obesity and Comorbidities in the GLP-1 Therapy Era

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.16540

October 01, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Perspective urges multimodal management of obesity that extends beyond pharmacological treatment to screening, early management, and intensive behavioral therapy across the life course.

Corresponding Author: Francesca Celletti, MD, PhD, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva 27 1211, Switzerland (cellettif@who.int).

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