Obesity News

Last week, experts converged to discuss their latest updates at the Endocrine Society annual meeting, or ENDO 2023.

In the TRAVERSE trial, men with hypogonadism at high risk for CVD who received testosterone had a similar risk for major adverse cardiovascular events compared with those who received placebo.

Obesity appeared strongly associated with clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential — a blood condition linked to increased risk for blood cancer, according to study results published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

The AMA House of Delegates adopted a new policy encouraging physicians to use BMI in conjunction with other valid measures when assessing patients for overweight or obesity.

A recent study found an increased risk for overweight and obesity in the offspring of women exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during pregnancy.

The FDA recently released a safety notice directing the public to avoid using compounded salt formulations of semaglutide.

Youth in the United States have increasingly undergone metabolic and bariatric surgery to lose weight in recent years, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

This month marks 10 years since the AMA recognized obesity as a complex disease.

Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity appeared associated with increased risk for various obesity-associated cancer types, according to study results presented at European Congress on Obesity.

Adults diagnosed with diabetes at age 60 years or younger were at a heightened risk for developing dementia, according to an analysis of Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study data.