Weight Loss

Among adults with obesity, those who lost weight intentionally with bariatric surgery had significantly less obesity-related cancer and cancer-related mortality than those who did not have surgery, researchers reported in JAMA.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, talks with Jamy D. Ard, MD, about the misleading concept of metabolically healthy obesity, its effect of delaying early treatment and the benefit of small weight losses.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD, discusses the benefits of bariatric and endoscopic procedures vs. new drugs that promise substantial weight loss and glucose lowering advancements.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, talks with Jamy D. Ard, MD, about the role of weight loss in delaying and treating other chronic diseases.

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly all participants with obesity without diabetes assigned tirzepatide experienced at least 5% weight loss over 72 weeks compared with placebo, with at least 20% weight loss in more than half with the highest 15 mg dose.

Teens with severe obesity who lost weight maintained more of their weight loss with use of a GLP-1 receptor agonist plus lifestyle therapy compared with lifestyle therapy alone, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Intermittent fasting can provide flexibility, convenience, affordability and simplicity to any diet if implemented correctly, according to a presentation at the Obesity Medicine Association Spring Conference.

Interventions based on regulation of cues with or without behavioral weight loss could serve as alternative weight loss approaches for adults who struggle with food responsiveness, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The term “weight loss” is everywhere these days.

Adults with obesity who lost weight while dieting struggled to maintain their weight loss if they slept less than 6 hours per night, according to findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity.