Obesity

Metabolic surgery significantly lowered risk for major adverse liver outcomes vs. nonsurgical management among patients with obesity and compensated cirrhosis from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, according to study data.

Obesity trends have stayed stable in the last couple years, whereas severe obesity has trended downward, a recently published report suggested.

Published results showed patients with obesity who took anti-obesity medications and had postoperative weight loss within 1 year after total joint arthroplasty may be at significantly decreased risk for revision at 5 and 10 years.

The FDA has removed semaglutide from its drug shortage list after the agency determined the current supply of the drug can meet present and future demand, Novo Nordisk and the FDA announced.

Unintentional weight loss prior to kidney transplant evaluation may be linked to lower listing odds and higher waitlist mortality for frail patients with obesity, a study found.

Researchers found that women with hypertension who followed a very low-calorie ketogenic diet had lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure at 6 months than those who participated in intermittent fasting or had no dietary restrictions.

Children with overweight and obesity experienced notable improvements in health outcomes after participating in a lifestyle treatment program through a pediatric obesity clinic and local parks and recreation facility.

Adults with obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass achieved a greater excess BMI loss at 10 years compared with those who underwent a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, according to data published in JAMA Surgery.

Glomerular hyperfiltration may increase CVD risks, including myocardial infarction and heart failure, for patients with type 2 diabetes, study data show.

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published in JAMA.