Body Mass Index

Adults with obesity but without type 2 diabetes before undergoing bariatric surgery are 1.5 times more likely to achieve both a BMI less than 30 kg/m² and excess body weight loss of 50% or more compared with similar adults who have diabetes, according to findings accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.

Early puberty is associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes among men, independent of prepubertal BMI, according to findings published in Diabetologia.

Respiratory function decline is associated with weight gain and high BMI in adulthood but can be reversed through maintaining a healthy BMI and losing weight, according to a study published in Thorax.

Low BMI was significantly associated with an increased risk for adverse treatment outcomes in patients with tuberculosis, although comorbid diabetes resulted in “unexpectedly” better outcomes for these patients, according to a study in a South Indian cohort.

Cartilage volume in the tibiofemoral joint decreases at a faster rate with increasing age and higher BMI in both men and women, especially in the medial compartment, according to findings published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Findings of a genome-wide association study published in JAMA Psychiatry suggest that many overlapping genetic risk variants exist between BMI and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression.

DALLAS — Results presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting showed BMI was a better predictor of periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty compared with measures of adipose tissue.

PHILADELPHIA — Adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity without CVD experienced dramatic metabolic improvements after a 12-week, low-calorie diet intervention but saw no change in diastolic function, which was only observed with an aerobic exercise intervention, according to data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

PHILADELPHIA — An elevated proportion of daily caloric intake from ultra-processed food may confer less than optimum CV health, regardless of age, sex, race, education and poverty, according to findings presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Patients who recovered from metabolic syndrome had decreased their risk for major adverse CV events, whereas those who developed metabolic syndrome had an increased risk for events, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.