The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) last month released a final recommendation statement and evidence summary on behavioral weight loss interventions to prevent obesity-related morbidity and mortality in adults. Based on its review of the evidence, the USPSTF recommends that clinicians offer or refer adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2...
Mouse Study May Provide Key to Therapies for Leptin Deficiency
A recent mouse study may provide a path to future cell-based therapies for leptin deficiency, according to a report published in Endocrinology. Researchers led by Charles A. Harris, MD, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, point out that metabolic syndrome is a global epidemic, and about 35% of U.S. adults meet...
From new research linking BRCA mutations and DNA damage to the effects of breastfeeding on offspring, three studies presented at ENDO 2018 in Chicago all share a common if not always obvious connection: Obesity is often in the genes, but it is far from inevitable. Three studies presented at ENDO 2018 in March kept attendees...
Preconceived Notions: Provider Bias, Young Patients, and Weight Loss Surgery
While surgery has shown to be the most effective tool in combating obesity, younger patients are not being offered this option. Providers need to re-evaluate their own biases when treating these patients in terms of how could improve various quality-of-life factors as well as the young patient’s health. Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA,...
Understanding Circadian Clock May Be Key to Combatting Obesity
Understanding how the circadian clock, as well as key clock proteins, affect the formation and accumulation of adipose tissue could be another front in the battle against obesity, according to a paper recently published in Endocrine Reviews. The review, by Oren Froy, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Rehovot, Israel, and Marta Garaulet, of...
Male Thyroid Cancer Survivors Face 50 Percent Higher Risk of Heart Disease than Women
Obesity also raises cardiovascular risk among thyroid cancer survivors Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years of cancer diagnosis, according to a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Thyroid cancer occurs when cancerous tumors or nodules grow...
ENDO 2018: In Children with Obesity, Impulsivity May Be Linked with Greater Weight Loss When Treated
Children with obesity may be more impulsive than those with normal weight, but during family-based behavioral treatment (FBT), the more impulsive of children with obesity may lose more weight, a new study suggests. The results of the study were presented in a poster on Sunday, March 18, at ENDO 2018, the 100th annual meeting of...
As obesity and diabetes rates reach epidemic proportions, a presentation at ENDO 2018 explains why we eat what we eat. We talked with Josephine M. Egan, MD, for a taste of what you can expect from her talk entitled, “Endocrinology of the Tongue.” On Monday afternoon, March 19, Josephine M. Egan, MD, a senior investigator...
