Obesity
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High obesity rates in Southern states magnify COVID threats
At least 29 states have green-lighted obesity for inclusion in the first phases of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. That could overwhelm government...
From the Journals
Obesity: A ‘double hit’ in pregnant women with heart disease
Maternal obesity may prove to be the Achilles’ heel of sustainable national efforts to reduce maternal mortality and improve health equity,...
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC data strengthen link between obesity and severe COVID
Progressively intensive management of COVID-19 might be needed for patients with more severe obesity.
From the Journals
Semaglutide for meaningful weight loss in obesity and diabetes?
“This is by far the best result we had with any weight loss medicine in patients with diabetes,” says the senior author of the STEP 2 clinical...
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Call to action on obesity amid COVID-19 pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 could have been avoided if obesity rates were lower; call for people with obesity to be...
From the Journals
Heart health in pregnancy tied to CV risk in adolescent offspring
Moms with poor cardiovascular health during pregnancy have children with more risk factors in early adolescence. The association is not causation...
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BMI, age, and sex affect COVID-19 vaccine antibody response
Study finds that older and heavier men have lower antibody responses to the Pfizer mRNA vaccine than do younger, leaner, and female recipients.
From the Journals
Metformin for pediatric obesity? Researchers review the evidence
Prescribing medications off label for the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents may not be ideal, but it could be reasonable in certain...
Conference Coverage
Mepolizumab reduced exacerbations in patients with asthma and atopy, depression comorbidities
Few studies have examined the efficacy of mepolizumab therapy for patients with asthma and comorbidities.
From the Journals
Heavier girls hit hormonal puberty earlier, but develop breasts later
Reproductive hormone levels increased earlier in girls with overweight or obesity, compared with those with normal weight.
From the Journals
Obesity pegged as diabetes cause in almost half of U.S. cases
Data from two major U.S. epidemiology studies, MESA and NHANES, provide new evidence that obesity is the attributable cause for about 40% of...