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Increased Energy Expenditure through Intermittent Cold Exposure Does Not Enhance Tirzepatide Induced Weight-loss in Obese Mice.

Bellucci A, Alfares H, Gale C, et al. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2026.
MixedAnimal (in vivo)Mentions: Tirzepatide

Editor's note

A clean null result on a reasonable hypothesis: boosting energy expenditure through cold-induced thermogenesis did not stack with tirzepatide's intake suppression. The design has strengths — both sexes, controlled diet-induced obesity — but a single mouse dose and a three-week window limit inference, and rodent cold-exposure protocols map poorly onto human behavior. Useful for tempering the 'stack cold plunges with GLP-1s' extrapolations circulating in the community.

Plain-language abstract

In obese mice, adding daily one-hour cold exposure to tirzepatide did not produce more weight loss than tirzepatide alone, though cold exposure on its own improved glucose handling independent of weight.