Weight Gain

SAN DIEGO — Adolescents with overweight or obesity may have different degrees of weight gain during adulthood based on their obesity phenotype, according to findings presented at ObesityWeek 2022.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Weight change between two pregnancies conceived through assisted reproductive technology was not associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to findings presented here.

Clinicians are prescribing children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia decreasing dosages of hydrocortisone per body surface area as weight and BMI increase, without worse treatment outcomes, according to study data.

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Rapid weight gain at age 0 to 6 months and high maternal prepregnancy BMI are associated with increased odds for higher waist-to-height ratio, overweight and obesity children age 5 years, according to study findings.

One-third of a cohort of young breast cancer survivors experienced significant weight gain at 3 years after diagnosis, according to study results.

The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative — or WPSI — issued new guidelines for preventing weight gain in women aged 40 to 60 years.

Nearly 30% of adults with obesity gained 5% or more body weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, and those who gained weight were more likely to have depression and engage in unhealthy eating, according to study data.

Living kidney donors with obesity are at less of a risk for hypertension compared with non-donors with obesity, according to a presentation at the American Transplant Congress.

CHICAGO — In this video, Adrienne Youdim, MD, FACP, discusses the social factors driving the rising prevalence of obesity in the United States.