Obesity News

About half of adults taking a novel peptide-based GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist in development for the treatment of obesity in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis lost 10% or more body weight at 24 weeks, according to a press release.

Maternal BMI and fat mass are positively associated with the BMI and fat mass of daughters aged 6 to 9 years, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

A high caffeine level in plasma was associated with reduced body fat and a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a two-sample Mendelian randomization study published in BMJ Medicine.

Individuals with a family history of gout and who are either obese or heavy alcohol consumers demonstrate a “markedly increased risk” for gout, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

A large-scale study found that the risk for developing hypertension within 5 years was higher even among children who were at the high end of normal weight, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Improved domains of sleep quality may improve patients’ ability to adhere to components of a behavioral weight-loss intervention, including exercise and diet goals, a speaker reported.

Clinical outcomes at 30 and 60 days and postoperative hospital utilization were similar among patients who received fully remote vs. in-person preoperative care for bariatric surgery, according to results in JAMA Network Open.

The Obesity Medicine Association recently published a new clinical practice statement encouraging clinicians to prioritize the treatment of obesity in patients who also have type 2 diabetes mellitus without acute illness.

Pregnancy after receiving bariatric surgery was associated with decreased risks for preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or impaired fasting glucose and large for gestational age neonates, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

For men, having overweight during childhood and young adulthood was a strong determinant for experiencing venous thromboembolic events later in life, according to the results of a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine.