Jørn Vegard Sagen

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Avdeling for medisinsk biokjemi og farmakologi

Haukeland universitetssjukehus

Klinisk institutt 2

Universitetet i Bergen

Jørn Vegard Sagen er dr.med., avdelingssjef og professor. Han leder Norsk forening for fedmeforskning og er visepresident for Nord-Europa i Executive Committee, European Association for the Study of Obesity.

Articles by Jørn Vegard Sagen

Weight-loss drugs – for whom, how, how long?

Jøran Hjelmesæth,
Randi Størdal Lund,
Jørn Vegard Sagen,
Tone Gretland Valderhaug

04.04.2022: Drug treatment of obesity is undergoing a scientific revolution, and it can be hard to keep up. Two relatively new drugs that suppress hunger and increase feelings of satiety can now be prescribed by all Norwegian doctors. Colleagues ask us daily for guidance on the use of new anti-obesity drugs...