Obesity
From the Journals
GLP-1 RAs Associated With Reduced Colorectal Cancer Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
More profound effects were seen in patients with overweight or obesity, “suggesting a potential protective effect against CRC partially mediated...
Conference Coverage
GLP-1s Face Off Against Each Other, Weight-Loss Surgery in New GI Studies
“While clinical trials have been conducted to assess the weight-loss efficacy of GLP-1 agonists, there has been limited head-to-head comparisons,...
Latest News
Bariatric surgery tied to less pregnancy weight gain
The highest proportion of weight gain below recommendations was found in women with normal weight.
Feature
What causes obesity? More science points to the brain
“What these individuals need is not simply more willpower, but the therapeutic equivalent of an electrician that can make right these connections...
Latest News
U.S. Task Force Takes on Rising BMIs Among Children
Some of the most effective interventions are targeted at both parents and their children, whether that be together, separately, or a combination...
From the Journals
What if a single GLP-1 shot could last for months?
So far, the team has tested the new drug delivery system in rats, and they say human clinical trials could start within 2 years.
Commentary
How to prescribe Zepbound
I use a 4 Cs schematic — comorbidities, cautions, costs, choices — to cover the most frequently asked questions.
From the Journals
Children who are overweight at risk for chronic kidney disease
“Given the increasing obesity rates among adolescents, our findings are a harbinger of the potentially preventable increasing burden of CKD and...
Guidelines
ADA issues new screening, obesity management recommendations
Two new recommendations have been added to include screening of adults with diabetes for asymptomatic heart failure by measuring natriuretic...
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MASLD often is worse in slim patients
These slim patients with MASLD were most often young patients, for the most part female, and less likely to present with symptoms of metabolic...
Conference Coverage
Link between vitamin D deficiency and obesity unclear
“It appears that obesity could predict low vitamin D levels (not necessarily a deficiency). In turn, these low levels could cause obesity,...