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Released: 3-Oct-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Diabetes Drugs May Affect Endoscopy Patients
Cedars-Sinai

Patients who take a class of widely prescribed medications to manage diabetes and obesity may require extra preparations before undergoing upper endoscopy procedures, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study.

Released: 2-Oct-2024 1:15 PM EDT
Medical and Psychological Harms of Obesity Depend on Where You Live, Study Indicates
Association for Psychological Science

Researchers led by Jana Berkessel of the University of Mannheim in Germany collected archival data on more than 3.4 million people living in the United States and United Kingdom. They found evidence that obesity tends to spur lighter medical and psychological harms when those who struggle with the disorder feel less conspicuous.  

   
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Released: 2-Oct-2024 11:05 AM EDT
PCORI Awards $37 Million To Accelerate Implementation of Evidence-Based Health Research
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced $37 million in funding awards through its Health Systems Implementation Initiative (HSII). These awards will support 25 projects implementing PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) findings in participating HSII health systems.

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Newswise: $5M Grant Launches Six-State Research Initiative to Reduce Childhood Obesity
Released: 1-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT
$5M Grant Launches Six-State Research Initiative to Reduce Childhood Obesity
University of Utah Health

In the past four decades, the rate of childhood obesity has quadrupled, increasing kids’ risk of serious conditions. A new research center based at University of Utah Health aims to reduce childhood obesity throughout the Mountain West, focusing on rural and small-town communities.

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Released: 26-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Experts Available to Comment on Children’s Health Topics
Cedars-Sinai

Experts from Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s are available to discuss a range of pediatric topics, including infectious diseases, adolescent weight management and the latest pediatric research coming out of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) annual conference happening Sept. 27-Oct. 1 in Orlando, Florida.

Newswise: Alarming Surge: Global Crisis of Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Released: 26-Sep-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Alarming Surge: Global Crisis of Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Florida Atlantic University

Since 1990, childhood obesity has nearly doubled globally, with the U.S. at the forefront. In Southern Europe, 10-15% of children are obese, while Asia has nearly half of all overweight kids under 5. Nearly 70% of the average U.S. child's diet consists of ultra-processed foods, which are increasingly consumed by children under 24 months, raising obesity risks and reducing immunological protection. Addressing pediatric obesity requires a multifaceted approach from tackling the influence of social media and advertising on children’s food choices to increasing physical activity.

Released: 25-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: New CDC Data Shows Nearly 40% of U.S. Adults are Obese
George Washington University

According to the CDC, nearly 40% of the U.S. adult population is obese. ...

Newswise: Mount Sinai Health System and Noom Partner to Help Patients Achieve Healthy Weight Loss Outcomes With an On-Demand Digital Health Platform
Released: 25-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System and Noom Partner to Help Patients Achieve Healthy Weight Loss Outcomes With an On-Demand Digital Health Platform
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System, a leading health system in the United States and one of the largest in the New York City area, and Noom, the leading digital health care company committed to chronic disease prevention and empowering people to live better and healthier lives, have partnered to provide patients with a whole-person approach to healthy, long-lasting weight loss.

Newswise: Obesity in Mums Doubles the Risk of Autism in Babies
Released: 24-Sep-2024 4:30 PM EDT
Obesity in Mums Doubles the Risk of Autism in Babies
University of South Australia

Children born to mothers with obesity both before and during pregnancy have an increased risk of neuropsychiatric and behavioural conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to new research from the University of South Australia.

   
Released: 24-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Could GLP1RA Drugs Lower High Iron Levels?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

GLP1RA agonists have been increasing in popularity for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes. With this novel treatment proving to be very effective, researchers are curious to know more about what other potential treatments it could also hold.

Newswise: Proteins Prohibitins Can Become New Targets for Drugs From Obesity
Released: 24-Sep-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Proteins Prohibitins Can Become New Targets for Drugs From Obesity
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University analyzed scientific works dedicated to the role of proteins prohibitins in the development of obesity. It turned out that these proteins promote development of inflammation both in separate cells and the whole organism. This happens because prohibitins stimulate emission of anti-inflammatory substances by immune cells, and also participate in destruction of mitochondria damaged during oxidative stress. Obtained information points to the fact that prohibitins can become targets for medicine aimed at struggle with obesity consequences. Results of the research are published in the magazine Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.

Released: 23-Sep-2024 5:30 PM EDT
The Heart of the Question: Who Can Get Medicare-Covered Weight Loss Medicine?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Wegovy (semaglutide) now has Medicare approval for coverage among people with obesity and cardiovascular disease but no diabetes; a study looks at what level of risk might make someone eligible.

Released: 20-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Cleveland Clinic Study Shows Bariatric Surgery Outperforms GLP-1 Diabetes Drugs for Kidney Protection
Cleveland Clinic

Friday, September 20, 2024, CLEVELAND: A Cleveland Clinic study showed that in patients with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease, bariatric surgery was associated with a significant decrease in the progression of chronic kidney disease compared to those who received GLP-1 diabetes medications. The paper was published in Annals of Surgery.

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Released: 18-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Management of Obesity in Persons Living with Kidney Diseases
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

ASN Kidney Translation Series podcast episode, led by Matt Sparks, related to the ASN New Initiative Kidney Health Guidance on the Management of Obesity in Persons Living with Kidney Diseases.

12-Sep-2024 4:00 PM EDT
American Society of Nephrology Releases Kidney Health Guidance on the Management of Obesity in Persons with Kidney Diseases
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

To promote high-quality, person-directed care across the spectrum of kidney health and diseases the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is releasing its inaugural Kidney Health Guidance (KHG) on the Management of Obesity in Persons Living with Kidney Diseases in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) on September 18, 2024.

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17-Sep-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Video and Transcript Available: Obesity Management and Kidney Health: Live Expert Panel
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Reporters are invited to this live event on Obesity Management and Kidney Health. Experts from the American Society of Nephrology will take questions on the inaugural Kidney Health Guidance on managing obesity in kidney disease patients

       
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Released: 18-Sep-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Endurance Exercise without Weight Loss May Reduce Body Fat
American Physiological Society (APS)

Participating in a high volume of exercise over a short period of time, such as cycling hundreds of miles in a few days, could reduce body fat levels without weight loss. The first-of-its-kind study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism and has been chosen as an APSselect article for September.

Newswise: Survey Shows 25% of Adults Consider Weight Loss Drug Use Without Prescription
16-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Survey Shows 25% of Adults Consider Weight Loss Drug Use Without Prescription
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

A new national survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals 1 in 4 (25%) of 1,006 adults surveyed would consider using an injectable weight loss medication without consulting their doctor.

Newswise: Food insecurity in early life, pregnancy may be linked to higher chance of obesity in children, NIH-funded study finds
Released: 16-Sep-2024 11:10 AM EDT
Food insecurity in early life, pregnancy may be linked to higher chance of obesity in children, NIH-funded study finds
Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes NIH

Children who faced food insecurity during early childhood—or whose mothers experienced it during pregnancy—had a higher body mass index (BMI) and more than 50% increased chance of developing obesity or severe obesity in childhood and adolescence, according to a new study funded by the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.


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