BMI Opens Door to Weighty Discussion

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Listen to our latest podcast episode for details on top CVD risk factors to screen patients with obesity for, medications to help prevent CVD, and more.

Waist-to-hip ratio was more powerfully and consistently associated with risk of all-cause mortality than BMI or FMI, but can it replace BMI as a clinical indicator?

In our latest episode, 2 obesity experts discuss the importance of early intervention to reduce risk for complications, suggestions for managing patients in primary care, and more.

An intensive parent-support early childhood obesity intervention program led to better weight status outcomes in the long-term compared to standard therapy, report study authors.

The selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor will move into late stage clinical trials, a nod to the potential for a first-in-class agent targeting aldosterone.