Obesity News

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to attempt to lose weight multiple times and perceive themselves as having overweight compared with women without PCOS, according to a study published in Obesity.

Women with breast cancer whose BMI fell in the overweight or obese ranges achieved meaningful weight loss via a telephone-based intervention, according to phase 3 study results.

Adolescents with obesity whose inability to control their hunger is a barrier to weight loss have a more negative perception about their body than adolescents who say inability to control hunger is not a barrier, according to a speaker.

Adults with higher cortisone levels as measured in their scalp hair may be more likely to develop future cardiovascular disease, according to a presenter at the European Congress on Obesity.

An ear acupuncture intervention using metal beads may help induce weight loss for adults, according to findings from two studies presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

Use of a swallowable gastric balloon in conjunction with a GLP-1 receptor agonist induced a mean weight loss of approximately 19% for adults with overweight or obesity, according to a speaker.

More than 70% of posts on Twitter discussing obesity from 2019 to 2021 were deemed as being predominantly negative, according to data presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

Among patients with atrial fibrillation who chose to undergo catheter ablation, those who lost at least 3% of body weight before the procedure were more likely to be free from AF at 6 months, according to early results of the LEAF trial.

Nearly half of adolescents with obesity receiving once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide achieved overweight or normal weight at 68 weeks, according to data from the STEP TEENS trial presented during the European Congress on Obesity.

A novel glucagon/GLP-1 receptor agonist conferred nearly 15% weight loss at 46 weeks among people with overweight or obesity without type 2 diabetes, according to an industry press release.