However, there is still a significant difference between the WL that can be achieved with bariatric surgery and the currently approved obesity pharmacotherapies and there is heterogeneity in treatment responses with GLP-1 RA (for example people with T2D may achieve less WL compared to those without diabetes in clinical trials, despite similar lifestyle interventions) [13, 14]. The gene discussed is GCG; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.