Patent ID: 6998387

Claim:
A method for controlling appetite in a human comprising: peripherally administering to a human a compound which binds to a receptor for glucagon-like peptide-1 and a pharmaceutical carrier, wherein said compound comprises GLP-1 (1–37), GLP-1 (7–37), GLP-1 (7–36) or a biologically active analog of GLP-1 (1–37), GLP-1 (7–37), GLP-1 (7–36) in an amount effective to control appetite in a human, wherein said biologically active analog of GLP-1 (1–37), GLP-1 (7–37), GLP-1 (7–36) contains one or more substitutions, deletions or insertions of not more than five amino acids from the amino acid sequence of GLP-1 (1–37), GLP-1 (7–37), or GLP-1 (7–36).