In America, the Average Young Adult Is Now Overweight Young adult BMI rose to over 27.5 in 2017-2018 Nov 23, 2021
Weight Loss Win for Weekly Injections of Novel Amylin Agent in Early Trial Cagrilintide at least on par with liraglutide after 26 weeks Nov 18, 2021
Obesity Negatively Affected Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Higher BMI linked to longer operating times, greater blood loss, and increased costs Nov 17, 2021
Blood-Based Biomarkers Prove Mettle in Liver Disease Diagnosis Data part of initiative to qualify biomarkers to help diagnose fibrosis or NASH Nov 15, 2021
New Jardiance Indication? Bariatric Surgery for NASH; ICER Reviews Tirzepatide News and commentary from the endocrinology world Nov 14, 2021
Pecans Appeared to Help Control Lipids in At-Risk Patients Fasting and post-meal cholesterol showed improvement, study found Nov 10, 2021
Hypothalamic Gliosis Associated With Obesity in Kids? Use of imaging studies could impact how childhood obesity is prevented and treated Nov 09, 2021
Some Babies Get Bad Start on Obesity Risk From Mom Obesity plus comorbid conditions linked to greater adiposity, study showed Nov 08, 2021
Sleep Timing Tied to Development of Excess Fat in Kids Children with earlier wake times, sleep midpoints saw greater gains in fat mass Nov 07, 2021
Paired Anti-Obesity Drugs May Help Teens Shed More Weight After Metabolic Surgery But phentermine/topiramate dose could be limited by side effects, researcher says Nov 07, 2021
Diet, Exercise, and CGM? Study Questions Sugar Monitoring for Weight Loss Device serves up "potentially negligble" benefits for people without diabetes Nov 06, 2021
Lean Body Mass Level Predicts Cardiac Output in Women Resistance training may help improve oxygen consumption, study showed Nov 05, 2021
Liraglutide After Gastric Bypass Helped Stave Off Weight Regain The GLP-1 receptor agonist kept patients closer to nadir weight versus lifestyle management alone Nov 04, 2021
Weight-Based Bias Occurs Worldwide, Study Shows Weight Management workers urge anti-discrimination policies Nov 03, 2021
Words Matter to People Who Are Overweight New policy statement pushes "people-first" language rather than disease-first Nov 03, 2021
Childhood Obesity Is Soaring to New Levels Kids' weight has spiked during the pandemic, but it's part of a long-term trend Oct 30, 2021
Pan-PPAR Agonist 'Promising' for NASH Patients But experts expressed concern over potential GI side effects Oct 20, 2021
Ghrelin Aids Weight Loss; FDA Says Cut Salt; More Bariatric Surgeries With Medicaid News and commentary from the endocrinology world Oct 17, 2021
Obesity Paper Has Diet Researchers Riled Up Nutrition community clashes over perspective piece on obesity mechanism Oct 12, 2021
Fewer Deaths After Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Gastric Bypass Authors estimate about 540 fewer deaths at 5 years if all patients chose sleeve Oct 06, 2021
Diabetes Risk With Breastmilk, Antidepressants, Weight Loss A roundup of noteworthy research from the EASD 2021 meeting Oct 04, 2021
Are Restaurants Exacerbating the Obesity Epidemic? Poor nutritional profiles and oversized portions are expanding America's waistline Oct 02, 2021
Why Bariatric Surgery's Mortality Risk Is Higher in Men Age, worse overall health at operation time appear to play a part Sep 30, 2021
$8B Price Tag for PCOS; Tymlos Label Update; Genetic Obesity Tx Seeks New Approvals News and commentary from the endocrinology world Sep 26, 2021
Long-Term Costs, Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y Unexpected findings in large-scale 4-year Canadian study Sep 09, 2021
More and More U.S. Kids Being Diagnosed With Diabetes Rises seen in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes Aug 24, 2021
Combo GIP/GLP-1 Injectable Beats Insulin for A1c Reduction All doses of once-weekly tirzepatide better than insulin degludec for HbA1c reduction Aug 11, 2021
U.S. Kids Chowed Down on Highly Processed Foods Majority of energy intake came from ready-to-eat, ultraprocessed foods in 1999-2018 Aug 10, 2021
Third Dose a Charm in Israel? Door-to-Door 'Goons'; Cervids Catch COVID, Too! A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jul 30, 2021
Dexcom's CGM Interoperability Expands; Warfarin and Osteoporosis; Maine Bans PFAS News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jul 18, 2021
Vascular Function: Another Benefit of Bariatric Surgery Macrovascular, microvascular gains accrue for nearly all patient groups Jul 12, 2021
Adults With Obesity See Increased Risk for Crohn's Disease Growing obesity burden may contribute to rise in Crohn's incidence, researcher suggests Jul 08, 2021
Genetics, Socioeconomic Factors Each Tied to Diabetes and Obesity People with highest risk genetics more than 15 times more likely to have T2D Jun 30, 2021
Liraglutide and Insulin Come Out on Top for Glycemic Control in GRADE study Head-to-head comparison could help individualize treatment Jun 29, 2021
Food Insecurity Tied to More Liver Disease Deaths Social determinants of health play a key role, study found Jun 28, 2021
Dads With Obesity Mostly Cleared in Their Children's NAFLD U.K. study confirms it's mainly mom's fault Jun 28, 2021
Combo GIP/GLP-1 Drug Superior for HbA1c Reduction in T2D 40-week trial compared tirzepatide head-to-head with injectable semaglutide Jun 25, 2021
Best Pediatric Endocrinology Hospitals; Standards of Diabetes Care Updated News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jun 20, 2021
Obesity Ups Risk of Erosive Esophagitis in Middle-Age Adults Japanese study researchers note it may also increase risk for GERD Jun 16, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
