Obesity
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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...
Feature
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.
Clinical Inquiries
Is metformin effective for reducing weight in obese or overweight adolescents?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes, to some degree—but it is of uncertain clinical significance. Over a period of 6 months, metformin modestly reduced...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Semaglutide for weight loss? A good first STEP, with caveats
“On the face of it, the STEP 1 trial (like its name) is a good beginning,” said the editorialists. More patients in the semaglutide group had...
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Lifestyle coaching for obesity associated with improved cardiometabolic numbers in study
Experts address funding barriers to patients receiving this type of intervention.
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Bariatric surgery in patients with cirrhosis
Obesity heightens risks of portal vein thrombosis, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver failure in acute on chronic liver...
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Few outcome differences for younger adolescents after bariatric surgery
Younger adolescents did as well as their older counterparts for most variables.