08/10/2026
Losing Weight? Do Not Lose Your Strength: GLP-1 medications produce real weight loss, but a portion can come from lean mass, and older adults carry the highest risk of trading fat for frailty (Prokopidis et al., 2026; Locatelli et al., 2024). Structured resistance training with adequate protein preserves the muscle while the medication does its work (Mozaffarian et al., 2025).