Language does matter when assessing weight loss successAlthough setting weight-loss goals in important, analytical language is associated with greater weight loss success and a lower...
High-dose mazdutide may offer bariatric surgery-equivalent weight lossInnovent Biologics has announced that the outcomes of high-dose cohorts in a phase 1 clinical trial of mazdutide (IBI362) - a...
Suppressed ovarian follicle development may explain reduced fertilityWomen with obesity, even those with regular menstrual cycles, have suppressed ovarian follicle development and reduced production of...
Patients seeking knee replacements at early age due to rising levels of obesityMore than half of Australians who underwent knee replacement (KR) for osteoarthritis (OA) were living with obesity, increasing their risk...
Repeated weight loss attempts do not guarantee the best outcomeIn addition to a higher BMI, individuals who had repeatedly attempted to lose weight reported a higher tendency to purposefully restrict...
Standardise language and terminology in scientific journals and with patientsResearchers are recommending a stronger move towards less stigmatising, standardised terminology in scientific journals and with...
Outdated guidelines preventing patients with class I obesity from accessing bariatric surgeryOutdated guidelines issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) more than 30 years ago may be stopping a large portion of patients...
No clinical benefit for insurance-mandated weight management programme pre-bariatric surgery There is no clinical benefit for patients who complete a medically supervised weight management programme before insurance companies...
Why all patients with obesity do not develop T2DMResearchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on an enduring mystery regarding type...
Preoperative BMI and weight may predict outcomes after bariatric surgeryA study of over 4,000 bariatric surgery patients in the UK has reported that those with the highest BMI and weight prior to surgery are...