Weight Loss

Women with obesity receive inconsistent counseling about the impact that their weight can have on fertility and about weight loss strategies before they begin infertility care, at ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

Combination therapy is usually the best option to treat obesity, but it may take multiple attempts until the right combination is found, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association fall conference said.

Regular physical activity is a critical part of maintaining weight loss, and providers should explore different methods to motivate their patients to be more active, according to three speakers at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

Men assigned a “green” Mediterranean diet saw a twofold increase in fasting ghrelin level compared with a traditional Mediterranean diet, as well as an improvement in insulin sensitivity and visceral adipose tissue regression, data show.

Research presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting suggests that hormones play a role in midlife migraine attacks among women.

A 20% weight-loss threshold after bariatric surgery is associated with initial type 2 diabetes remission, even among patients with a high BMI using insulin, data from a records review show.

Losing 15% of body weight should be a primary treatment goal for most people with type 2 diabetes and could help lead to diabetes remission, according to two speakers.

Adults with type 2 diabetes have more liver and intrapancreatic fat across all BMI levels than those without diabetes, and weight loss can help to reduce intra-organ fat to achieve disease remission, according to a speaker.

Adults with normal weight and type 2 diabetes may be able to achieve diabetes remission with weight loss, according to data presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes virtual meeting.

Short-term weight loss may improve Leydig cell function and help protect future fertility for boys with obesity, according to data presented at the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology virtual meeting.