Endocrinology

A recent study highlights the importance of medication adherence for significant weight loss and improved glycemic control in obesity treatment with GLP-1 agonists.

Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, lead author of new guidelines on sustained lifestyle change as central to treating, even reversing T2D, answers the question.

Monu Khanna, MD, discusses common medications, non-drug strategies, and holistic approaches to improve outcomes.

GLP-1 medications are transforming obesity medicine but strong evidence points to a need for integrating nutrition and lifestyle support for lasting weight loss and health benefits.

Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, explains how clinical guidelines for diabetes remission from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine differ from and augment existing recommendations.

Dr Khanna discusses dosing challenges, metabolic issues, and potential complications from medications like acetaminophen.

Body fat percentage and waist circumference were both significantly associated with 15-year all-cause mortality while BMI had no significant association.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine recently published "that guideline," and lead author Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, says the timing was right.

ADA 2025: Dapiglutide showed promising safety and weight loss results in a phase 1b trial, targeting obesity and inflammation with once-weekly dosing.

Obesity treatment evolves as GLP-1 medication use surges 587%, while bariatric surgery rates decline significantly. A new analysis parses the trends.

ADA 2025: Once-monthly dosing led to significant weight loss in adults with obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes, reported researchers.

Viking Therapeutics initiates phase 3 trials for VK2735, a promising dual incretin agonist targeting obesity and other metabolic disorders, based on strong phase 2 findings.

ADA 2025: Mifepristone lowered HbA1c levels by about 1.5% over 24 weeks vs placebo among participants with hypercortisolism and inadequately controlled T2D.

Lundbeck announced the designation today and said it is expanding an ongoing phase I/II clinical open label trial of the investigational mAb in adults with classic CAH.

ADA 2025: The combination of the GLP-1 RA and novel monoclonal antibody yielded 92.8% of total weight loss from fat mass and 22.1% decrease in baseline weight.

ADA 2025: Orforglipron lowered HbA1C by an average of 1.3% to 1.6% across doses, with improvements seen as early as 4 weeks, in a phase 3 trial.

ADA 2025: An intervention to emphasize weight-related care in primary care settings eliminated weight gain at the population level, researchers report.

Weight cycling significantly raises heart failure and metabolic disease risks, independent of baseline overweight, underscoring the importance of stable weight strategies.

ADA 2025: Insulin efsitora proved noninferior to daily insulin glargine for reducing HbA1c, resulted in fewer episodes of hypoglycemia, and required fewer dose adjustments.

Advances in obesity pharmacotherapy will be the focus of numerous late-breaking science sessions at ADA 2025; snapshots of 5 studies follow.

The investigational dual GLP-1/GLP-2 agonist led to 11.6% weight loss over 28 weeks with no lifestyle changes, showing strong safety and tolerability in the trial.

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For individuals with T2D, findings are more than numeric; a 5-mm Hg reduction in SBP reduces stroke risk by 14%, CV events by 6%, and heart failure by 8%, authors wrote.

Both oral and subcutaneous formulations of the long-acting GLP-1 and amylin receptor agonist move into stage 3 clinical trials following positive feedback from regulators.

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These 14 recommendations from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine comprise the core of the first-ever guideline centered on lifestyle change as a first-line intervention.

High discontinuation rates as well as lower maintenance dosages of semaglutide and tirzepatide were among the independent predictors of lower real-world weight loss.

Novel guidelines include specific strategies that support the prescription, implementation, and monitoring of lifestyle changes to reach glycemic control and, possibly, disease remission.

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Interim results from COURAGE trial suggest combining semaglutide with muscle-preserving antibodies significantly enhances fat loss while preserving lean mass in obesity treatment.