Obesity
Commentary
Can coffee reduce weight?
News
NASH liver transplant mortality differs from non-NASH
Major finding: Patients undergoing liver transplant for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis are at a greater risk for death due to sepsis and...
News
Obesity prevalence steady between 2003 and 2012
Major Finding: Obesity prevalence was high at 16.9% among children and 34.9% among adults in 2011-2012, which is not significantly different from...
News
The future of obesity treatments could include endoscopically placed devices
News
Obesity at age 20 associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis
Major finding: Participants who carried the high-risk HLA-DRB1*15 gene, did not carry the protective HLA-A*02 gene, and had a BMI of 27 kg/ m2 or...
News
Too much dietary sugar raises CVD mortality
Major finding: Compared with adults who consumed less than 10% of their daily calories from sugar, those whose sugar consumption was 17%-21%...
News
The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'
News
Give calcium before and after thyroidectomies in gastric bypass patients
Major finding: Almost half (42%) of patients who have had gastric bypasses develop recalcitrant, symptomatic hypocalcemia after thyroidectomies....
News
‘Obesity paradox’ refuted
Major finding: Compared with participants who had a normal BMI of 22.5-24.9 at the time of diabetes diagnosis, those with lower BMIs and those...
News
Obesity as a disease: Implications for treatment and reimbursement
Podcasts
CV risk in former light smokers reduced sooner than in heavy smokers
Major finding: Former smokers with less than 32 pack-years had a 14% risk of CV death, compared with 17% in never-smokers. (P = .691)Data source:...