Baptist HealthTalk
Baptist HealthTalk
Baptist Health South Florida
Weight Loss Medications and Muscle Loss: What You Need to Know
29 minutes Posted Aug 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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Weight loss medications can bring the number on the scale down quickly—but are you losing fat, muscle or both? And why do some people feel weaker or less healthy even while the pounds are coming off? In this episode of Baptist Health Talk, host Johanna Gomez speaks with clinical pharmacy specialist Erin Dorval and physician assistant Lisa Davis about what GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy are doing inside the body, why muscle preservation matters and how resistance training and nut...