Obesity News

BOSTON — Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, or CKM, is a new term endorsed by the American Heart Association that reflects the interplay of metabolic and renal conditions that drive the risk for CVD.

BOSTON — A “laundry list of new trials” in cardiovascular medicine has led to “a decided portfolio of new ways of thinking, new interventions and a new potential to modify the natural history of CVD,” an expert said.

Adults who initiate a GLP-1 receptor agonist have a similar risk for developing thyroid cancer as those prescribed a DPP-IV inhibitor or an SGLT2 inhibitor, according to study findings published in The BMJ.

DENVER — Losing weight is good for patients’ wallets as well as their health, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

Dietary supplements marketed online to promote weight loss commonly have inaccurate labels and may include unsafe ingredients for the public to use, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses how obesity awareness has evolved since obesity was recognized as a disease in 2013.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses the need for clinicians who are "culturally competent" and provide evidence-based, comprehensive obesity treatment.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, emphasizes the need for obesity medicine physicians and primary care physicians to work together on a patient's treatment.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, describes the thorough evaluation of each obesity patient to create a treatment plan tailored to their specific needs.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses factors that may contribute to weight gain and how physicians can address and manage these factors, even prior to a patient gaining weight.