Lifestyle Intervention

In adults with prediabetes, metformin and lifestyle interventions decreased the likelihood of type 2 diabetes development but did not reduce risk for major adverse CV events compared with placebo during 21 years of follow-up, data show.

The term “weight loss” is everywhere these days.

Intensive lifestyle intervention participants in the Look AHEAD randomized controlled trial who lost at least 10% of their body weight had a lower mortality risk compared with those in the control group, according to study data.

Black men who participated in a 24-week community-based physical activity and education intervention experienced a marked improvement in CV health scores, according to data published in The American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

The combination of healthy lifestyle and adherence to antihypertensive medications was associated with decreased risk for mortality in patients with hypertension, according to data in JAMA Network Open.

Black women remain underrepresented in weight-loss intervention studies and typically lose less weight compared with white women, but tailored interventions and engagement strategies can increase chances of success, according to a speaker.

Weight-loss interventions may reduce risks for some cancers, cancer mortality and recurrence for people with obesity, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek 2021.

LAS VEGAS – Gastroenterologist and dietitian-led lifestyle intervention programs reduced weight and use of acid suppression therapy among patients with GERD, according to a presenter at ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

For patients with obesity, medical management options offer a new opportunity for successful treatment.

New data showed that in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 was nearly twice as high in those with a history of heart failure. A report on the data was the top story in cardiology last week.