Weight Management

SAN DIEGO — Adults with overweight or obesity lost up to 18.7% of their body weight at 46 weeks with a glucagon/GLP-1 dual agonist, according to a speaker.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate intervention could be a practical weight management alternative for patients who struggle with counting calories, according to researchers.

WHO has issued a new guideline recommending against the use of non-sugar sweeteners to lose weight, as available evidence suggests it “does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children,” the organization said.

SAN DIEGO — Time-restricted feeding offers benefits for weight loss, but it is not superior to other calorie-restriction diets, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

In the United States, just half of patients with type 1 diabetes who had overweight or obesity received weight management lifestyle recommendations from providers or engaged in lifestyle modification, data show.

The FDA approved once-weekly semaglutide for the treatment of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years with an initial BMI in the 95th percentile for age and sex, according to a press release.

WASHINGTON — Adding weight management care into a multidisciplinary nonalcoholic fatty liver disease program improved referrals for bariatric surgery at a rate of 25 times higher than the national average, according to Yale study results.

SAN DIEGO — A virtual diabetes-tailored weight management program resulted in beneficial and clinically meaningful effects on glucose levels, body weight and diabetes distress among adults with type 2 diabetes.

SAN DIEGO — Multiple new anti-obesity medications currently in the pipeline could expand treatment options for the disease in the coming years, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek 2022.

Data from 20 health care databases in 19 countries project there will be a substantial increase in hip fracture incidence rates as the global population ages.