Body Mass Index

Nearly half of adolescents with obesity receiving once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide achieved overweight or normal weight at 68 weeks, according to data from the STEP TEENS trial presented during the European Congress on Obesity.

Young adults with borderline hip dysplasia who underwent primary hip arthroscopy saw favorable outcomes after a minimum 10-year follow-up, according to study results published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

NEW ORLEANS — Results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting showed that surgeon reimbursement for basic arthroscopy procedures was greater with healthier patients.

Wheeze when resting, age, age when diagnosed with asthma and BMI can “reasonably well” predict patients with asthma who are likely to have small airways dysfunction, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

People with a genetic risk factor for childhood obesity have increased likelihood of developing most subtypes of type 2 diabetes as adults, according to findings from a Mendelian randomization published in Diabetologia.

The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease was 14% among pregnant women screened during early pregnancy, with fewer than 5% receiving prior evaluation for NAFLD, according to research in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Setting an acceptable BMI range for a potential kidney transplant recipient remains a controversial topic within the transplant community, sources told Healio/Nephrology News & Issues.

Higher BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio correlated with an increased risk for diverticulitis among Hispanic and Latino American individuals, according to study results published in JAMA Surgery.

Alternative anthropometrics, such as waist-to-height ratio, may better predict HF hospitalization and CV death in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction and overweight compared with BMI alone, researchers reported.

A high caffeine level in plasma was associated with reduced body fat and a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a two-sample Mendelian randomization study published in BMJ Medicine.