Endocrinology News

DENVER — Individualized care is critical for treating childhood obesity, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

Black adolescents who face more racial discrimination may be more likely to have metabolic syndrome at age 31 years, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Obesity and overweight were associated with an increased risk for iron deficiency in children and young adults, findings published in BMJ Global Health showed.

More than 70% of the overall U.S. population is estimated to have subclinical cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Adults with diabetes who use a smart pen for both basal and bolus insulin delivery have a reduction in time in range with each injection they miss over a 14-day period, according to data published in Diabetes Care.

The effects of climate change break down epithelial barriers, enabling pollutants and other materials to penetrate the body and trigger or exacerbate autoimmune diseases, according to a review published in Frontiers in Science.

DENVER — Prior studies have shown that many diseases are tied to the gut microbiome, including metabolic disorders such as obesity, according to Sahil Khanna, MBBS, MS, FACG, AGAF.

DENVER — In this video, an expert highlighted several practices that she said are “recommended when implementing nutrition, and culinary medicine in particular, into obesity medicine practice.”

DENVER — It is important for clinicians to check for nutritional deficiencies in patients with obesity, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association conference noted.

DENVER — The development of several new anti-obesity medications could improve availability for patients, according to a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association’s conference.