Tag: Obesity
Obesity-Related Outcomes Up for Metabolically Healthy Obese
Those with MHO had increased rates of diabetes, ASCVD, heart failure versus metabolically healthy without obesity
Intraabdominal Fat Ups Health Risks in Absence of Obesity
Interventions investigated to reduce these adipose tissue depots, with lifestyle interventions as effective as medications (or more so)
Risk for Severe Outcomes in COVID-19 Increases With Increasing BMI
Risks for hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and death increased sharply with higher BMIs
Polynesian Ancestry May Increase Cardiometabolic Risk
Genetic study reveals link between Polynesian ancestry and higher risk for obesity, T2DM, heart failure in Native Hawaiians
Once-Weekly Semaglutide Promising for Weight Loss
Weekly semaglutide plus lifestyle intervention resulted in substantial, sustained, clinically relevant weight loss for overweight, obese
Obesity Makes Substantial Contribution to New Type 2 Diabetes Cases Annually
Adjusted proportion attributable fraction was 0.35 in 2001 to 2004 and 0.41 in 2013 to 2016; burden greatest among non-Hispanic White women
Meta-Analysis Quantifies Lifestyle Factors Accounting for RA Incidence
Smoking, excess body mass index, and low alcohol consumption account for 32.69 percent of rheumatoid arthritis incidence
Colorectal Cancer Risk From Obesity Varies by Sex
Authors say more nuanced approach needed to understand link between body weight and risk for colorectal cancer
Appetite-Regulating Hormones Lower After Sucrose Versus Glucose
Increases in glucose, insulin, GLP-1, PYY less robust with sucrose versus glucose ingestion; increases in glucose, PYY smaller in obese adults
Obesity Duration Tied to Higher Cardiometabolic Disease Risk
Association was strongest for glycated hemoglobin
