Weight Loss

Weight change across adulthood, even weight loss in later life, may increase an individual’s risk for all-cause and CV-related mortality, according to a study published in BMJ.

Among eligible adults with overweight or obesity, only 1.3% were prescribed weight-loss medications, according to findings published in Obesity.

Bariatric surgery is an aggressive therapeutic strategy for weight loss that can also yield many other health benefits, but this option has been restricted to adolescents and adults with a BMI of at least 35 kg/m2 if they have obesity-related comorbidities or 40 kg/m2 if they have no other health problems. That BMI limitation may be changing as research points to advantages of a lower cutoff.

Children born to mothers who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are less likely to have birth defects when compared with mothers with obesity who did not undergo weight-loss surgery, according to findings from a research letter published in JAMA.

A study found that dog owners had improved outcomes and a lowered risk for death after major cardiovascular events and another identified an association between the number of teeth a patients loses and their risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

CHICAGO — Intensive lifestyle interventions and metformin therapy have had significant success in treating type 2 diabetes and should both be considered when deciding on prevention and treatment, according to a presentation at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

Among patients with diabetes who lost weight, those who maintained their weight loss significantly improved their cardiometabolic risk factors compared with those who regained weight, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Type 2 diabetes remission may be more attainable for those who reduce weight by at least 10% in the year after diagnosis compared to those who gain weight or lose no weight, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Introducing the exercise component of a behavioral weight-loss program 6 months after beginning dietary changes did not make a substantial impact on long-term weight loss compared with incorporating exercise right away, according to findings published in Obesity.

In its 14th year, the Cardiometabolic Health Congress, taking place in Chicago from Oct. 10 to 13, will feature an extensive agenda including an innovative preconference summit, a broad variety of session topics, numerous advanced learning workshops and a faculty panel consisting of many of cardiometabolic medicine’s foremost clinical experts.