 I am Dr. Sagarika Mukherjee, I am an endocrinologist at Manipal Hospital in Kolkata. We will be talking about how weight is related to diabetes. Now, type 2 diabetes, which mainly happens in adults, is directly proportional to the weight. You will see that about 70-75% patients with type 2 diabetes, if not more, are obese and together they can be termed as a coin called Diabetes. That is, they have diabetes and obesity going hand in hand and can be termed as Diabacity. Now, when your weight increases, an abnormal factor gets created in the body called insulin resistance. An insulin resistance doesn't allow your own insulin to function properly and a point of time comes when your pancreas gives up and type 2 diabetes or other metabolic arrangements happen. So keeping your weight under control, if you can manage to lose weight, even 10-15% of weight loss of your total body weight loss is also very much significant in improving your metabolic parameters for keeping your blood sugar under control. New Medicaid, there are a lot of modern medicines which we use for management of diabetes to promote weight loss as well, like the GLP1 receptor agonist, which used to be available in injection form, but lately available in oral forms as well. The SGLT2 inhibitor group of medication, they also promote weight loss and there are certain medications like DPB4 inhibitors, metformin, which are weight neutral. They may not promote weight loss, but they do not allow you to gain weight as well and all these medications are complementary in action and can be combined in various forms to not only keep your diabetes under control, but also will help you to manage your weight. But the pillar of weight loss is first and foremost, you have to become very mindful that you will become compliant with your medication and the cornerstone of management of weight loss is diet and exercise. There is no magic for weight loss beyond diet and exercise and there is no single medication which will help you to lose weight and keeping you to indulge whatever you want to eat and make you to lose weight. There is no single medication as well. So your medication for weight loss should be prescribed by your doctor and if your healthcare provider is not providing you weight loss medication better to avoid the over the counter available. Lots of stuff are available, but try and avoid those stuff. But diet and exercise which will be done with proper counseling will help you to achieve a healthy weight, will help you to achieve weight loss and keep you a healthy weight balance and also help you to keep your diabetes under control. Hope this is helpful. Stay tuned in for more information. Thank you.