Weight Loss

Adults with overweight or obesity receiving semaglutide lost 13.4% of their body weight at 1 year, according to findings from a real-world study presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

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.

Women with breast cancer whose BMI fell in the overweight or obese ranges achieved meaningful weight loss via a telephone-based intervention, according to phase 3 study results.

Adolescents with obesity whose inability to control their hunger is a barrier to weight loss have a more negative perception about their body than adolescents who say inability to control hunger is not a barrier, according to a speaker.

Adults with overweight or obesity, but not type 2 diabetes, lost 14.9% of their body weight after 46 weeks of receiving BI 456906, a novel glucagon/GLP-1 receptor agonist, during a phase 2 clinical trial, according to a press release.

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.