The focus of the review is on GLP-1 RAs' preventive roles in nondiabetic individuals with cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney diseases, obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and perioperative complications of bariatric surgery, albeit in small studies and subset analysis of clinical trials of diabetic patients. The gene discussed is GCG; the disease is obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.