Obesity News

Primary care provider referral to an automated weight-loss program resulted in significantly increased weight loss at 6 and 12 months vs. usual care, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Financial incentive strategies were more effective in reducing weight than resources such as fitness trackers and commercial weight-loss programs, a recent study found.

Higher mean intake of saturated fat from dairy sources was associated with a lower level of body fat among women, according to researchers.

Time-restricted eating was associated with improvements in cardiometabolic markers among adults with normal weight and overweight, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Time-restricted eating interventions, especially those with an eating window of 8 hours or longer, are not associated with weight loss of 5% or greater for most adults with obesity, according to a speaker.

A novel bispecific GIP receptor antagonist and GLP-1 receptor agonist induced weight loss of up to 14.5% in adults with obesity with no safety concerns, according to data from a phase 1 trial.

Increased fat mass, particularly visceral adiposity, promotes kidney disease generation and progression through direct and indirect mechanisms, and pharmacologic treatment is necessary to avoid adverse outcomes, according to a speaker.

Adults with an elevated level of pancreatic fat have higher risk for developing incident diabetes, but weight loss may be able to lower diabetes risk by reducing fat levels and increasing pancreatic volume, according to a presenter.

CVD risk increases with the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and both CV and liver events are “highly related” to the degree of hepatic fibrosis present, according to a speaker.

Adding exercise to a lifestyle intervention program substantially improved reductions in abdominal fat depots among children with overweight or obesity, according to clinical trial results published in JAMA Network Open.