Weight Loss

An ear acupuncture intervention using metal beads may help induce weight loss for adults, according to findings from two studies presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

Use of a swallowable gastric balloon in conjunction with a GLP-1 receptor agonist induced a mean weight loss of approximately 19% for adults with overweight or obesity, according to a speaker.

Among patients with atrial fibrillation who chose to undergo catheter ablation, those who lost at least 3% of body weight before the procedure were more likely to be free from AF at 6 months, according to early results of the LEAF trial.

A novel glucagon/GLP-1 receptor agonist conferred nearly 15% weight loss at 46 weeks among people with overweight or obesity without type 2 diabetes, according to an industry press release.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and obesity may be at a higher risk for death when experiencing BMI loss at the same time as serum albumin or fat-free mass loss, according to data published in Kidney International Reports.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who switched from liraglutide to semaglutide therapy had greater reductions in HbA1c and body weight at 26 weeks than those who switched to dulaglutide, according to study data from researchers in Japan.

SEATTLE — In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Karl Nadolsky, DO, FACE, DABOM, about the drawbacks of using BMI and the importance of addressing weight stigma and bias when diagnosing and treating obesity.

The FDA recently approved the Medtronic MiniMed 780G system, an insulin pump that uses meal detection technology to automatically adjust basal and bolus insulin needs for people with type 1 diabetes, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — Time-restricted feeding offers benefits for weight loss, but it is not superior to other calorie-restriction diets, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

Bariatric surgery may significantly lower the risk for obesity-related cancers, including breast, colon, liver, pancreatic, ovarian and thyroid, in patients with obesity.