GAPNA discusses how advanced practice practitioners are well-positioned to encourage healthy lifestyles among older adults, to include activities that help attain/maintain lean muscle mass, regardless of BMI, to reduce chronic pain and frailty.
Investigators studied the efficacy of an exercise program, liraglutide treatment, or a combination of both vs placebo for the maintenance of healthy weight loss in patients with obesity.
Researchers compared the safety and efficacy of an insulin plus lixisenatide injection and a premix insulin analog for the treatment of suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes.
Obesity in people with diabetes can shorten their lifespan. Researchers compared long-term survival outcomes with regard to use of traditional weight loss methods vs bariatric surgery.
Transmasculine individuals have greater rates of obesity and increased weight gain before and during hormone therapy compared with transfeminine individuals.
Researchers studied the impact of obesity and metabolic syndrome on sleep-disordered breathing and/or sleep duration in a group of Hispanic and Latino adults who had experienced cognitive decline.
The USPSTF recommends screening adults aged 35 to 70 years with overweight or obesity for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, and offering preventive interventions.
