Obesity News

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.

Adults with overweight or obesity, but not type 2 diabetes, lost 14.9% of their body weight after 46 weeks of receiving BI 456906, a novel glucagon/GLP-1 receptor agonist, during a phase 2 clinical trial, according to a press release.

Pharmaceutical executives fielded questions on the costs of insulin and other prescription drugs during a recent hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Obesity may cause DNA damage in the breast tissue of BRCA mutation carriers and may increase breast cancer risk in this already high-risk population, according to multi-institutional research led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Kimberly D. Gregory, MD, MPH, chair of the advisory panel of the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative, reviewed recent guidelines from the organization that physicians should be aware of.

Overweight and obese BMI during adulthood appeared associated with increased risk for colorectal cancer and noncolorectal gastrointestinal cancers, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Most adults with diabetes who used continuous glucose monitoring, or CGM, reported at least one disruption over the past year, with device malfunction and insertion problems being the most common reasons, data show.

A 15-month analysis of conversations regarding pediatric obesity among health care professionals online showed that new clinical guidance from the AAP spurred significant debate.

The FDA recently approved the Medtronic MiniMed 780G system, an insulin pump that uses meal detection technology to automatically adjust basal and bolus insulin needs for people with type 1 diabetes, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — ACP has launched a new initiative to improve equitable access to obesity care through physician education, advocacy and partnerships.