Weight Loss
Tirzepatide safe, effective for weight loss, preventing diabetes progression at 3 years
SAN ANTONIO — Tirzepatide demonstrated long-term weight-loss benefits and prevention of diabetes progression in patients with obesity and prediabetes, but only so long as they continued the weight-loss medication, a speaker reported.
Weight-loss interventions ‘useful tool’ to improve PCOS symptoms
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome who initiated any weight-loss intervention saw improvements in some glycemic and hormonal measures as well as improved menstrual frequency, data from a meta-analysis show.
Sex, race, insurance type predict youth access to obesity drugs
SAN ANTONIO — Researchers identified several factors associated with likelihood of obesity drug prescription among youths, including female sex, higher obesity severity, having more comorbidities and older age, a speaker reported.
SELECT ‘legitimized obesity medical therapy’ for treatment of cardiometabolic disease
SAN ANTONIO — The disruptive SELECT trial not only bolstered the idea of medical obesity therapy as an avenue for heart disease prevention, its subanalyses continue to generate interesting new hypotheses, speakers reported.
Patient interviews help identify components to a successful GLP-1 weight-loss program
SAN ANTONIO — Patient interviews showed weight loss via GLP-1 receptor agonists is a major emotional journey, many have anxiety surrounding cessation and weight regain due to lack of access, a speaker reported.
‘Obesity is the new hypertension’: The current landscape of pharmacological weight loss
After decades of research, pharmacologic treatment of obesity gained significant traction with the launch of GLP-1 receptor agonists, and several potentially more potent drugs are currently in the pipeline, a speaker reported.
Teens who had bariatric surgery maintain weight loss, diabetes remission 10 years later
A decade after receiving gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy as adolescents, many people maintain their weight loss and achieve remission of obesity-related conditions, including diabetes, according to a study.
VIDEO: Weight loss intervention increased physical activity in patients with breast cancer
A telephone-based weight loss intervention significantly increased moderate or vigorous physical activity in patients with breast cancer with overweight/obesity, according to a breast cancer weight loss trial presented at ESMO Congress.
Dip in bariatric surgeries shows emerging ‘medical options first’ approach to weight loss
The rate of metabolic bariatric surgery decreased from 2022 to 2023, whereas the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists as anti-obesity medications grew over twofold, a research letter showed.
Expanding access to weight loss drugs could save tens of thousands of lives each year
Expanding access to weight loss medications could save tens of thousands of lives annually, according to an analysis published in PNAS.