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Interviews with obesity experts, short tests of clinical and guideline knowledge, and news briefs topped the popular content on obesity on Patient Care in 2020. 

To Fight Childhood Obesity, Use the Best Tools Available

Among patients with obesity who contracted COVID-19, those with a history of bariatric surgery had significantly decreased odds of hospitalization, a new study finds. 

Bariatric Surgery May Improve COVID-19 Outcomes in Patients with Obesity

With the updated label, liraglutide is the first FDA-approved therapy for adolescents with obesity in over a decade. 

Liraglutide Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Obesity in Adolescents

Results of a new study suggest that remission of obesity-related complications in adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery is not dependent on sustained weight loss.

Study: Remission of Obesity-related Complications in Teens Not Dependent on Sustained Weight Loss

Americans with obesity and overweight are at greater risk for more severe COVID-19. Clinicians can support them best by asking how they can help. 

Obesity and COVID-19: Meet Patients Where They Are

Once-weekly semaglutide 2.0 mg vs 1.0 mg led to statistically significant, superior  reductions in A1c and weight in type 2 diabetes patients not at goal, study finds. 


Once-weekly Semaglutide 2.0 mg Bests 1.0 mg Dose for A1c, Weight Reduction 

Videos

Obesity, a complex chronic disease in itself, underlies many of the fatal cardiac and cardiometabolic diseases of the 21st century. Find a wide collection of expert guidance in this collection. 

CLINICAL FOCUS COLLECTION: Obesity 

Video: Obesity expert Dr Louis Aronne outlines the role of medication in obesity treatment and says primary care is absolutely the place to begin. 


Pharmacotherapy for Obesity Should Begin in Primary Care 

Obese patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had lower levels of inflammation biomarkers but outcomes similar to non-obese patients with elevated levels of those biomarkers.  