Cardiometabolic Disorders News

To prevent the adverse effects of added sugars, researchers recommend reducing intake to about 6 teaspoons per day and having less than one sugar-sweetened beverage every week.

Adults with a genetically predicted high BMI may have a lower risk for cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is linked more to environmental factors, according to a study published in eClinicalMedicine.

NEW ORLEANS — Implementing a coordinated care intervention in U.S. cardiology clinics led to a fourfold increase in the prescription of three groups of guideline-recommended therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic CVD.

NEW ORLEANS — Implementing a coordinated care intervention in U.S. cardiology clinics led to a fourfold increase in the prescription of three groups of guideline-recommended therapies in adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic CVD.

Participants in behavioral weight-loss programs improved several CV risk factors for at least 5 years after an intervention ended, despite weight regain, compared with low-intensity programs or controls, researchers reported.

About half of adults taking a novel peptide-based GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist in development for the treatment of obesity in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis lost 10% or more body weight at 24 weeks, according to a press release.

Hepatic steatosis may be present in most adults with type 1 diabetes, especially those with overweight or obesity, according to a study published in Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced the FDA has extended approval of evinacumab-dgnb as an adjunct to other lipid-lowering therapy for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in children aged 5 to 11 years.

NEW ORLEANS — Most patients at high or very high CV risk do not achieve guideline-recommended LDL goals, according to data from the Family Heart Database presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

The percentage of adults with metabolically healthy obesity increased from 1999 to 2018 but remains much smaller than the proportion of those with metabolically unhealthy obesity, according to study data.