Obesity

A dramatic rise in global incidence of early-onset cancers over the past 30 years may be related in part to increased exposure to risk factors at a young age, according to study results published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology,

Clinical and imaging findings of children with type 1 diabetes and obesity were similar to those for children without diabetes with similar degrees of obesity, according study results published in Journal of Diabetes and its Complications.

Setmelanotide led to significant reductions in weight among people with obesity and the genetic disorder Bardet-Biedl syndrome, but not Alström syndrome, according to findings published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Best diabetes medical treatment was just as effective in albuminuria remission as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for adults with diabetic kidney disease and obesity, according to study results published in eClinical Medicine.

CHICAGO — Adding resistance training to caloric restriction and aerobic exercise training was safe and did not adversely impact cardiac or arterial structure and function in older adults with obesity and HF with preserved ejection fraction.

Updates to the 1991 NIH statement on gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity include recommendations for metabolic and bariatric surgery, BMI threshold adjustments and consideration of surgery for children and adolescents.

Weight loss reduced hedonic hunger independently of modality, and bariatric surgery resulted in several beneficial changes in food reward and preferences, according to trial data published in Obesity.

Marijuana has implications for weight and metabolism — but perhaps not in the ways one might expect, according to a speaker at the 2022 Overcoming Obesity conference.

Sarcopenic obesity may increase the risk for chronic kidney disease among adults with type 2 diabetes, but low muscle mass without obesity was not associated with CKD, according to study results published in Obesity.

SAN DIEGO — Exercising at a consistent time may encourage adults with obesity to participate in regular moderate to vigorous physical activity, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek 2022.