Here’s Why (and How) We Microdose Ozempic & Mounjaro with T1D

Diabetes Nerd · Oct 22, 2026 · 54m

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Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults with type 1 diabetes are living with overweight or obesity. That’s nearly identical to the general population, according to a 2023 Johns Hopkins study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, and it shatters the old myth that T1D is a “thin person’s disease.” https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/overweight-and-obesity-in-people-with-type-1-diabetes-nearly-same-as-general-population

So what’s going on? Part of the answer may be how we’ve been taught to manage T1D: treat the blood sugar with insulin and call it a day. But insulin isn’t the only…