GLP-1 weight loss looks good on the scale and dangerous on bioimpedance. Skeletal muscle loss and elevated body fat are showing up in patients who lost 50 pounds and felt like a success story.
Maureen McBeth is a physical therapist and certified lymphedema specialist. She explains why BMI is inadequate for GLP-1 patients, why a lot of early weight loss is fluid not fat, and what monitored GLP-1 use actually looks like across bioimpedance, dietitian input, and dosed resistance training.
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