Waist Circumference

Among adults with type 2 diabetes, the risks for congestive heart failure and all-cause mortality rise with increases in BMI and waist circumference, but there may be a need to reevaluate what constitutes obesity using these metrics, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications.

Among women primarily born in Mexico, deportation worry was linked to nonlinear mean arterial pressure and systolic BP trajectories, which may widen disparities in CVD risk factors and outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Patients who recovered from metabolic syndrome had decreased their risk for major adverse CV events, whereas those who developed metabolic syndrome had an increased risk for events, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Bariatric procedures remain a safe and effective intervention for higher-risk patients with obesity, and clinical decision-making should be evidence-based within the context of a chronic disease, according to an updated clinical practice guideline published in Endocrine Practice.

Among patients with diabetes who lost weight, those who maintained their weight loss significantly improved their cardiometabolic risk factors compared with those who regained weight, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Lifestyle coaching for weight loss is similarly effective for women of all ages, but peri- and postmenopausal women may have more trouble reducing waist circumference and body fat percentage, according to findings presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting.

Factors including sex, waist size and sleep contribute to medical students having an approximately 2.4 times higher prevalence of hypertension than the general population, according to research presented at the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions.

Men with obesity may be at increased risk for developing hypoandrogenemia or low free testosterone, especially if they have more severe obesity, according to findings published in Obesity.

General adiposity and abdominal adiposity were strongly linked to premature death in Mexican adults, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Children with obesity are more likely to be boys, be physically inactive and have parents with some combination of elevated BMI and lower levels of education, according to findings published in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews.