13-05-2025
GLP-1 drugs made a former FDA chief ‘feel ill.' But he'd take them again.
David Kessler has declared war on what he calls 'toxic waist,' the visceral abdominal fat linked to hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and even dementia.
'It's the villain when it comes to chronic disease, and reducing it has the potential to save trillions of dollars and reduce much of the disability that occurs frequently in our older years,' said Kessler, a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. 'Cardiologists, kidney specialists, oncologists and others are just waking up to that discovery.'
