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Over the past few decades several hormones from various body systems involved in food intake have been targeted as potential treatments for obesity and diabetes, but GLP-1 seems to be the one thats risen to the top, at least for pharmacotherapy, says Scott Kanoski, a behavioral neuroscientist and professor at the University of Southern California
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