Semaglutide 2.4 mg once a week decreases bodyweight in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes
1. Change in mean bodyweight was -9.6% with semaglutide 2.4 mg vs. -3.4% with placebo. 2. Approximately two-thirds of patients ...
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Weekly semaglutide effective for decreasing body weight in obesity
1. Once-weekly treatment of semaglutide was associated with meaningful body weight reduction at 68 weeks compared to placebo in patients ...
Thirty minutes of moderate physical activity associated with significantly improved outcomes for patients with obesity and metabolic syndrome
1. For older adults with overweight or obesity, and metabolic syndrome, replacing 30 minutes of inactive time with moderate to ...
#VisualAbstract: Association of childhood obesity with risk of early all-cause and cause-specific mortality
1. Children with obesity were at greater risk of mortality in early adulthood than a population-based comparison group, suggesting that ...
High intensity specialized intervention content following family-based intervention yields improved childhood weight loss
1. In this study of family-based intervention for childhood obesity, a specialized intervention incorporating social facilitation and behavioral skills was ...
Weight fluctuations associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease
1. In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), increased body-weight variability demonstrated a graded increased risk of cardiovascular events and ...
Being overweight at any point in adulthood increases risk for death
1. Maximum BMIs in overweight, obese, and obese II categories were associated with increases in risk for all-cause mortality. 2. ...
Body weight may not be the best way to assess cardiometabolic risk in some minority populations
1. All racial/ethnic minority groups evaluated, compared with Caucasian patients, had a statistically higher prevalence of metabolic abnormality but normal ...
Maintenance program associated with reduced weight regain after weight loss
1. After 56 weeks of a weight maintenance intervention program, researchers found that mean weight regain in the intervention group ...
Overweight and obesity in adolescence strongly associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood
1. Among 2.3 million individuals (42.3 million patient years of follow-up), in those who had a BMI in the mid-normal ...
