Obesity

Most adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity who undergo gastric bypass achieve continued diabetes remission, even after weight regain, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

A new direct-to-consumer health care program launched by Eli Lilly has the potential to improve access to diabetes, obesity and migraine medications in the United States.

Researchers reported low perioperative risk for complications among patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, with no clinically significant difference between groups, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Adolescents with greater amounts of abdominal fat depots compared with their peers also had reduced lung function, regardless of previous adiposity or BMI, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Daily consumption of one to three servings of kimchi was associated with a decreased prevalence of obesity in men, according to a study in BMJ Open.

South Korean women positive for high-risk HPV infection were nearly four times as likely to die of atherosclerotic CVD compared with women without HPV infection, even when women had no baseline CVD and low CV risk factors, data show.

Obesity may be linked to a higher risk of developing early sepsis-associated AKI in adults admitted to the ICU, according to a recently published study.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Kenneth K. Chen, MD, FACP, about preconception and pregnancy considerations for women with obesity.

Testosterone therapy improves sexual function and quality of life for men with a baseline serum testosterone of less than 12 nmol/L, though less improvement was observed for older men and those with obesity, data show.

Adults with obesity plus hypertension used fewer BP-lowering medications and were much more likely to experience hypertension remission 5 years after undergoing bariatric surgery compared with medical therapy alone, researchers reported.