Obesity

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Adults undergoing bariatric surgery are more likely to choose sleeve gastrectomy over gastric bypass if more sleeve gastrectomies were performed in their state during the prior year, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The Healio and Endocrine Today editors have compiled the most read news from the Endocrine Society annual meeting in June.

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Women with severely low breast milk production have higher BMI, blood pressure and plasma lipid levels compared with those with normal milk production, according to a study published in Breastfeeding Medicine.

An exercise program with both aerobic and resistance training is associated with metabolic adaptation in older women with overweight and obesity, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty safely induced and maintained weight loss and improved metabolic comorbidities in patients with class 1 and class 2 obesity, according to research published in The Lancet.

For people giving birth to twins, the gestational weight gain range with the lowest risk for adverse perinatal outcomes was similar among those with a pre-pregnancy BMI of underweight or normal weight.

Obesity is a multifactorial disease most effectively treated with a multifactorial approach.