Obesity

Using oscillometry testing, physicians may identify patients with asthma and obesity who have a phenotype that may be related to worse symptoms and more severe disease, according to a study published in CHEST.

The Cover Story this month in Healio/ Nephrology News & Issues focuses on obesity and its relationship to chronic kidney disease and ultimately, cardiovascular disease and death.

Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, according to the WHO, and is heightening the risk of people developing chronic kidney disease, sources told Healio/Nephrology News & Issues.

Higher BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio correlated with an increased risk for diverticulitis among Hispanic and Latino American individuals, according to study results published in JAMA Surgery.

Adults with a genetically predicted high BMI may have a lower risk for cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is linked more to environmental factors, according to a study published in eClinicalMedicine.

Recent shortages of the type 2 diabetes therapies semaglutide and tirzepatide, widely reported in the consumer press, appear to be resolving, according to manufacturers and prescribers.

Compared with daily calorie restriction, time-restricted eating did not achieve additional benefits for reducing intrahepatic triglyceride content or body fat among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity.

Girls born to mothers with higher BMIs had a greater risk for obesity compared with those born to mothers with normal BMIs, according to a recent study.

Participants in behavioral weight-loss programs improved several CV risk factors for at least 5 years after an intervention ended, despite weight regain, compared with low-intensity programs or controls, researchers reported.