Overweight

A program to promote water drinking in elementary schools prevented increases in the prevalence of students with overweight, a study published in Pediatrics found.

BMI in the overweight range was not associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality, highlighting the limitations of using BMI to predict mortality risk independent of other risk factors, researchers found.

Adolescents and young adults with overweight or obesity had poorer clinical outcomes than their normal-weight counterparts after receiving a pediatric regimen for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, study results showed.

BMI in the overweight range appeared independently associated with favorable outcomes among patients who underwent chemoradiotherapy for nonmetastatic head and neck cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Increased adalimumab dosage may improve disease severity in patients with overweight or obesity with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa, according to a study.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to attempt to lose weight multiple times and perceive themselves as having overweight compared with women without PCOS, according to a study published in Obesity.

Overweight and obese BMI during adulthood appeared associated with increased risk for colorectal cancer and noncolorectal gastrointestinal cancers, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Individuals with a family history of gout and who are either obese or heavy alcohol consumers demonstrate a “markedly increased risk” for gout, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

For men, having overweight during childhood and young adulthood was a strong determinant for experiencing venous thromboembolic events later in life, according to the results of a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine.

In the United States, just half of patients with type 1 diabetes who had overweight or obesity received weight management lifestyle recommendations from providers or engaged in lifestyle modification, data show.