Obesity News

PHILADELPHIA — The course of eGFR decline after kidney transplant may be worse for patients who gain weight after surgery, data from the American Transplant Congress show.

In patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea, those who had weight-loss surgery had approximately 40% reduced risk for major adverse CV events and death compared with those who did not, according to the results of the MOSAIC study.

The past 10 years have seen rapid growth in research on how endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect humans.

Presentations on the SURMOUNT-OSA, FLOW, INHALE-3 and TIGHT trials are among the many highlights at the American Diabetes Association’s 84th Scientific Sessions.

In a final recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said that health care professionals should refer or provide youth aged 6 years and older with high BMI to intensive, comprehensive behavioral interventions.

Setmelanotide reduced BMI by at least 5% at 16 weeks among 89% of children and adults with hypothalamic obesity, according to findings from a phase 2 trial published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

The relationship between obesity and disordered eating behaviors represents a complex combination of psychological, physiological and environmental influences.

PHILADELPHIA — Some dietary change may improve cardiometabolic measures beyond weight loss and providers should create a diet that will most benefit each individual with obesity, according to a speaker.

PHILADELPHIA — A task force has issued an updated multispeciality guide to help clinicians manage diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, presents updated multispecialty practice recommendations for diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases at the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.