Weight Loss
Participants favor 5:2 diet over traditional weight loss advice
Both the 5:2 diet and standard weight management advice were associated with modest weight loss results, but the 5:2 diet received significantly higher ratings among participants, according to findings published in PLoS One.
Top in endocrinology: Low-energy diets, sexual dysfunction in adults with diabetes
A recent study showed that very low-energy diets and formula meal replacements were the most effective weight-loss diets among patients with type 2 diabetes. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.
Very low-energy, meal replacement diets most effective for diabetes remission, weight loss
Weight-loss programs that include very low-energy diets and formula meal replacements are the most effective for weight loss in type 2 diabetes, according to a systematic review published in Diabetologia.
Rethink standard weight-loss treatments to improve obesity outcomes for Black women
Black women remain underrepresented in weight-loss intervention studies and typically lose less weight compared with white women, but tailored interventions and engagement strategies can increase chances of success, according to a speaker.
Steps to eliminate inequities in preventing, treating obesity
Researchers should consider six key questions to design an effective and culturally relevant weight-loss intervention that will reach and include historically underrepresented groups, according to a speaker.
VIDEO: Weight-loss effects ‘patients have been waiting for’
In this video exclusive, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD, talks with Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, about the effects of semaglutide on weight loss and obesity-related comorbidities.
Weight loss may prevent cancer, reduce mortality for adults with obesity
Weight-loss interventions may reduce risks for some cancers, cancer mortality and recurrence for people with obesity, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek 2021.
Top in cardiology: Chest pain guidance, weight loss and cardiometabolic health
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association recently published recommendations for chest pain care, including which patients should receive further testing as well as which testing is most effective.
Sustained weight loss may delay cardiometabolic disease onset
Sustained weight loss was associated with delayed cardiometabolic disease onset, especially among individuals with greater weight-loss magnitude, according to study results published in The American Journal of Cardiology.