Obesity
News
Autologous fecal microbiota transplantation helped maintain weight loss after ‘green’ Mediterranean diet
Eight months after the “green” diet ended, 17% of individuals in the autologous fecal microbiota transplantation group had regained weight,...
News
FDA clears first drug for rare genetic causes of severe obesity
Setmelanotide (Imcivree) is indicated for weight management in adults and children as young as 6 years with severe obesity driven by genetic...
From the Journals
Age no barrier to weight loss in those with morbid obesity
Health care professionals should recognize the importance of weight loss in the older patients and include them in programs to treat obesity, say...
Conference Coverage
Obesity phenotyping matches patients with more effective interventions
A prospective, randomized study suggests obesity phenotyping can guide selection of more effective, tailored weight-loss drug regimens.
Commentary
Are we shortchanging patients with obesity?
Recent studies suggest that patients are capable of greater weight loss than doctors might be giving them credit for. We can help more people...
Commentary
Several strategies can prevent pandemic-related weight gain
Keeping a food journal will help keep you accountable for what you eat, two experts contend.
Feature
Patient health suffers amid pandemic health care shortages
More than half of clinician respondents to a survey said they saw a decline in patient health because of delayed or inaccessible care.
From the Journals
New study pinpoints how Mediterranean diet reduces diabetes risk
Health care professionals should recognize the importance of weight loss in those older than 60 years and include them in programs to treat...
Conference Coverage
In those with obesity, will losing weight cut COVID-19 severity?
“To think excess weight may also be detrimental to acute effects of a novel virus running amok in the world has focused minds on obesity in a...
Conference Coverage
Major breakthrough? Average 10% weight loss with semaglutide
“This is impressive data, confirming that semaglutide, particularly when used in concert with evidence-based counseling, is a highly effective...
Conference Coverage
‘Disordered eating’ drops after teens undergo bariatric surgery
The findings are “novel because of the age of the patients,” according to one of the investigators.