Weight Loss

Lifestyle coaching for weight loss is similarly effective for women of all ages, but peri- and postmenopausal women may have more trouble reducing waist circumference and body fat percentage, according to findings presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting.

Patients who underwent endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty achieved greater weight loss than patients who made diet and lifestyle changes alone, according to study results.

SAN DIEGO — Reducing use of accepted surgical and pharmacological interventions in favor of diet and exercise may be the way forward in osteoarthritis, according to a presentation at the 2019 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Adults with obesity and type 1 diabetes may be at lower risk for cardiovascular death, heart failure, stroke and cardiovascular disease after bariatric surgery, although hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia risks may rise as well, according to findings presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

Among a cohort of adults with type 2 diabetes already using oral medications, those assigned to add a weekly injection of 1 mg semaglutide vs. 1.2 mg liraglutide experienced larger decreases in HbA1c and body weight, according to findings from the SUSTAIN 10 trial presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting and published simultaneously in Diabetes & Metabolism.

Specialists from all medical fields have become more aware over the last few decades about how one disease can feed the development of others and that the need for co-management is crucial to optimize patient quality of life and life expectancy. As the incidence and prevalence of fatty liver disease grows in the U.S. and around the world, prevention of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and commonly concurrent advanced fibrosis has become a concern outside of the field of hepatology.

Adults who ate a vegan diet lost more weight and experienced improved insulin sensitivity compared with those who maintained regular dietary habits, and effects of the diet on the gut microbiota may have influenced these results, according to findings presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

A post hoc analysis of the Look AHEAD trial showed that intensive weight loss interventions can reduce CV events in some patients with type 2 diabetes, but they may also have a detrimental effect in others. Another recent study that found most patients who had bariatric surgery had at least one nutritional deficiency years later, even after taking supplements.

Many primary care physicians lack knowledge of the risk factors, diagnostic criteria and management and prevention of prediabetes, according to results of a national survey published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

In a cohort of adults who underwent bariatric surgery, 73% had at least one nutritional deficiency 5 years later even though 73% reported taking a dietary supplement, according to findings published in Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care.