Obesity News

On July 13, the LA County medical examiner’s office reported that Lisa Marie Presley, singer-songwriter and child of Elvis Presley, died of a small bowel obstruction caused by scar tissue that developed after a previous bariatric surgery.

Adults with obesity who used tirzepatide for 72 weeks after lifestyle intervention or continuously for 88 weeks achieved a mean weight loss of 26%, according to topline results from two SURMOUNT trials.

BOSTON — The phenomenon known as metabolic adaptation and its impact on weight regain remains “one of the biggest controversies in the nutrition field,” according to a presenter at NUTRITION.

School-based screening and management strategies for childhood obesity including dietary and exercise interventions with family and peer participation could improve the trajectory of CV risk in adulthood, according to a scientific statement.

Adults with obesity who undergo gastric bypass surgery may have a higher risk for nonalcohol substance use disorder than those who do not undergo bariatric surgery, according to a study published in Obesity.

BMI in the overweight range was not associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality, highlighting the limitations of using BMI to predict mortality risk independent of other risk factors, researchers found.

Hospitalization rates for psychiatric disorders vary by procedure type and psychiatric diagnosis for adults with obesity who undergo bariatric surgery, according to a study published in Obesity.

In the quest for practical strategies for treating obesity, intermittent fasting has emerged as a popular and potentially transformative approach.

In patients with severe aortic stenosis and obesity, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with better rates of in-hospital mortality and other outcomes compared with surgery, according to a meta-analysis.

Children and young adults who have longer sedentary time are more likely to have high C-reactive protein levels, an indicator of greater inflammation, according to study findings.