Now 66, her first diet was with Weight Watchers at age 14. She went on to try one diet after another and bought so many books on weight loss that she thinks she has more than the public library. In desperation, she finally went to a weight management clinic at the University of Michigan. Now, though, since she started taking Wegovy, one of a new class of drugs for obesity that was prescribed by her doctor at the clinic, those cravings are gone. Her obesity-related medical problems have vanished along with much of the stigma that caused her to retreat from family and friends.

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Persons: Eileen Isotalo, “, ”, Isoltalo Organizations: University of Michigan