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Employers who are considering covering obesity prevention medication may have a new option in the future. Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have developed a small-molecule drug that prevents weight gain and adverse liver changes in mice fed a high-sugar, high-fat Western diet throughout life.

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