Overweight

A novel oral GLP-1 receptor agonist was well-tolerated and linked with weight loss compared with placebo in healthy adults with overweight or obesity, according to top-line results of a phase 1 study.

People with excess adiposity in young adulthood were more likely to have adverse cardiac structure and function later in life compared with people without it, researchers reported in the European Heart Journal.

Fetal growth rate is higher for women with gestational diabetes in the third trimester, and that accelerated growth rate may contribute to an increased likelihood for overweight among children, according to study data from Denmark.

WASHINGTON — Among adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, weight gain while undergoing dietary therapy was associated with poor treatment response, regardless of baseline weight status, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Obesity and overweight were associated with an increased risk for iron deficiency in children and young adults, findings published in BMJ Global Health showed.

Individuals with obesity have long felt stigmatized and shamed in health care settings.

Adults with obesity for 20 years or more who received tirzepatide had a similar reduction in body weight and waist circumference as adults with shorter obesity duration, according to a post hoc analysis of four SURMOUNT trials.

Girls with obesity or overweight were more likely to see their general practitioner for a musculoskeletal consultation, according to a study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

An online obesity treatment and maintenance program resulted in significant weight loss among primary care patients, according to findings from a randomized study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.