Lifestyle Intervention

Testosterone therapy did not improve cardiometabolic measures for older men with obesity and hypogonadism receiving lifestyle intervention, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses factors that may contribute to weight gain and how physicians can address and manage these factors, even prior to a patient gaining weight.

Intensive lifestyle intervention did not significantly change eGFR slope during 10 years in patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved kidney function, researchers found in a study.

A primary care-based housing program helped to reduce the number of annual primary care and outpatient visits among participants while improving mental and physical health, researchers found.

The combination of statin use and healthy lifestyle was linked to a 30% lower risk for all-cause death and 44% reduced risk for CV death in people at high CV risk vs. those not taking statins with an unhealthy lifestyle, data show.

PHILADELPHIA — In patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction, a lifestyle intervention improved daily steps by 25%, but that did not translate to improvement in functional capacity, according to the results of the WATCHFUL trial.

DENVER — A primary care-based lifestyle course improved several health behaviors in Appalachia, according to the results of research presented at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s annual meeting.

DALLAS — Adults with obesity who received tirzepatide for 72 weeks following a 12-week intensive lifestyle intervention achieved a total mean weight loss greater than 24%, according to data from the SURMOUNT-3 trial.

Top-dose phentermine/topiramate as an adjunct to lifestyle counseling is the most cost-effective strategy for treating adolescents with obesity over 5 years, according to findings from an economic microsimulation model.

Adults with obesity who used tirzepatide for 72 weeks after lifestyle intervention or continuously for 88 weeks achieved a mean weight loss of 26%, according to topline results from two SURMOUNT trials.