Weight Loss

Artificial intelligence can be leveraged to tailor a diet to a person’s specific physiology, and continuous glucose monitors could “train” such algorithms to recognize patterns after specific foods are consumed, according to a speaker.

An increase in insulin sensitivity from a plant-based vegan diet led to a decrease in liver fat and a mean weight loss of 6.4 kg in a cohort of adults with overweight and obesity, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

A speaker at ObesityWeek Interactive presented data that showed many adults with obesity struggled with weight loss and healthy eating during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Adults who received a once-weekly 2.4 mg dose of semaglutide in addition to intensive behavioral therapy lost more weight at 68 weeks than those who received placebo, according to trial data presented at ObesityWeek Interactive.

With more people gravitating to social media each year, providers may be able to use platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to create successful, online-only weight-loss intervention programs, according to a presenter.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis and obesity had lower disease activity with a very low energy liquid diet, according to a study published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

A personalized obesity treatment plan based on phenotypes resulted in greater weight loss than standard of care, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek Interactive.

The top five stories in endocrinology last week were based on presentations from the virtual ObesityWeek Interactive meeting.

Struggles with losing weight, eating healthy and exercising during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic were reported by more than half of a cohort of adults with obesity, according to a speaker.

Type 2 diabetes remission with weight loss is possible and most likely for individuals who sustain more weight loss, who are younger and who have had diabetes for a shorter time, according to a speaker.