Obesity News

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.

Children and adolescents who face more racial discrimination from peers, teachers, other adults and society have a higher BMI and waist circumference, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Adolescents and young adults with overweight or obesity had poorer clinical outcomes than their normal-weight counterparts after receiving a pediatric regimen for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, study results showed.

Comorbidities, health care utilization and costs are increasing for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, prompting a need for better disease management, according to a study.

BMI in the overweight range appeared independently associated with favorable outcomes among patients who underwent chemoradiotherapy for nonmetastatic head and neck cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Despite some observational evidence, drinking light or moderate amounts of alcohol may not reduce one’s risk for type 2 diabetes or obesity, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Richard Pratley, MD, discusses diabetes remission and the need for more information and clinical trials to understand the impact of remission on long-term outcomes.

The 2018 introduction of calorie labels to restaurant menus appears to have yielded a net reduction in caloric intake of 20 to 60 calories per meal among Americans, potentially reducing risk for obesity-associated cancers.

SAN DIEGO — Adults with overweight or obesity lost up to 18.7% of their body weight at 46 weeks with a glucagon/GLP-1 dual agonist, according to a speaker.

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty was more effective for weight loss than lifestyle modification alone in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and obesity, according to a speaker at EASL Congress.