Weight Loss

In honor of World Digestive Health Day, Healio Gastroenterology presents the following report on the latest top stories from Digestive Disease Week.

Insulin sensitivity and beta cell function improved among patients with type 2 diabetes after 18% body weight loss by diet or gastric bypass, according to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Adults using the Noom weight-loss app in the U.S. ate fewer fruits and vegetables and more red meat during the first week of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders compared with before the lockdown, according to study data.

Using Ozempic in combination with endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy resulted in greater weight loss than the procedure alone, according to a presentation at Digestive Diseases Week.

Adults with obesity have a lower risk for developing cataract after undergoing bariatric surgery, according to findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity virtual meeting.

Patients with adult-onset asthma and long-term obesity had more asthma exacerbations and respiratory-related hospitalizations compared with patients with normal weight at diagnosis over 12 years of follow-up, researchers reported.

Most herbal and dietary supplements do not promote a clinically significant weight loss in adults, according to data from two systematic reviews presented at the European Congress on Obesity virtual meeting.

In this video, April Armstrong, MD, MPH, of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, discussed the potential connections between diet and psoriasis severity.

Adults with obesity who regained weight after bariatric surgery saw more effective weight loss with GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy compared with other weight-loss regimens, according to data published in Obesity.

A combination regimen of moderate to vigorous exercise plus daily liraglutide treatment resulted in better weight loss and improved weight maintenance compared with either treatment alone, according to data from a head-to-head trial.