Obesity

Adolescents with overweight or obesity consume more calories during snacking and eat more snacks with added sugars, dairy, solid fats and refined grains than those with normal weight, according to a study published in Obesity.

With a lack of well-defined guidelines, many primary care providers in the United Kingdom provided generic weight-loss advice to patients with obesity, a recent study found.

It is more appropriate to use BMI as the determinant for metabolic and bariatric surgery in treatment of type 2 diabetes.

During the past 20 years, Endocrine Today has reported on advancements in bariatric and metabolic surgery, including the evolution of the procedure and growth of high-quality clinical trial data documenting efficacy and safety.

Adults with obesity, diabetes and hypertension have a higher prevalence of reduced eGFR, according to a study published in Kidney Medicine.

The CDC released extended charts so clinicians can assess the growth and treatment of children and adolescents with severe obesity.

Obesity was not a universal phenotype among children with type 2 diabetes, despite being an important risk factor, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Results from a meta-analysis underscored the need to improve understanding of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease burden and management in at-risk individuals who are overweight and obese.

Short-term time-restricted eating resulted in no changes in sex steroid levels but was associated with a decrease in dehydroepiandrosterone for premenopausal and postmenopausal women with obesity, according to study data.