INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The major findings of the present study were: 1) liraglutide treatment effectively reduced body weight up to 6 months after discharge compared to conventional insulin therapy in Japanese obese patients with type 2 diabetes; 2) liraglutide-induced reduction in HbA1c was similar to that observed with insulin treatment; 3) maintained improvement in eating behavior up to 6 months after discharge in patients on liraglutide treatment with various scales gradually moving to those recorded in non-obese normal subjects.