Obesity

DENVER — Lifestyle medicine is a central component of obesity treatment, including for adults who receive anti-obesity medications or undergo bariatric surgery, according to three speakers at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

DENVER — A lifestyle medicine approach can address gaps in pediatric obesity care, according to presenters at the annual American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s annual meeting.

Women living in low- and middle-income countries have a higher prevalence of obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders than men, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

PHILADELPHIA — Obesity-associated dysregulated aldosterone is an endotype predictive of response to lorundrostat for patients with uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Among women with hypertension, the use of blood pressure medications may reduce their risk for newly diagnosed fibroids.

Obesity is one of the most common chronic preventable comorbidities affecting adults and children in the United States.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Predictors of sessile serrated lesions among veterans who underwent colonoscopy within 12 months of a positive fecal immunochemical test included older age, obesity and smoking, according to a presenter.

Anti-obesity medications may need to be used on a long-term basis intermittent therapy can also lead to weight loss and health benefits, a speaker said.

DENVER — Following a plant-based eating plan can help people with obesity lose weight without the use of medications or bariatric surgery, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.