Obesity News

SAN ANTONIO — Due to structural barriers such as low income and inadequate insurance coverage, Black and Hispanic adults were more likely to ration prescription drugs to save money, researchers reported.

Regardless of sex, high- vs. moderate-intensive exercise may better reduce ghrelin levels, but its effect on hunger perceptions may differ between men and women, according to results published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

SAN ANTONIO — Once-daily oral semaglutide conferred more weight loss vs. placebo plus lifestyle intervention and was similar vs. larger oral GLP-1 receptor agonist doses and weekly injectables for efficacy and safety, a speaker reported.

Recent research has suggested that GLP-1 agonists used to treat obesity might be associated with a stroke in the optic nerve, but association is not the same as causation.

A paper recently published in JAMA Ophthalmology by Hathaway and colleagues at Harvard suggested a potential association between prescribed semaglutide and an increased risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

Drugs utilized to treat systemic diseases can do harm to the eye and its neural connections.

SAN ANTONIO — A swallowable hydrogel capsule that expands in the stomach demonstrated significant weight-loss, cardiovascular, glycemic and quality of life benefits for patients with overweight or obesity, a speaker reported.

SAN ANTONIO — In this Healio video exclusive from ObesityWeek, Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, MACP, FAAP, FAHA, FTOS, discusses equitable access to obesity care and treatments in the U.S.

SAN ANTONIO — When asked common questions regarding anti-obesity medications, GPT-4 responses were easy to interpret, accurate and comparable to responses provided by the FDA, according to findings presented at ObesityWeek.

SAN ANTONIO — Higher concentrations of some phthalate and plasticizer metabolites were associated with higher odds of metabolic syndrome in U.S. adolescents and young adults, according to an analysis presented at ObesityWeek.