Obesity

Adults with extreme obesity have increased risks of dying at a young age from cancer and many other causes including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases…. 

A difference in gut bacteria has been seen in obese and diabetic patients when compared to healthy patients…. 

Just 2 or more servings a day can pack on the pounds…. 

Severe insulin resistance, seen only through more extreme measurements, was identified in adolescent girls with and obesity…. 

  This week we wrap up our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz covering the current state of obesity and the medication therapies available. We delve further in to the possibilities of combining insulin with the new incretin therapies including GLP-1’s and DPP-IV’s….

An advanced framework for a new diagnostic approach to obesity was announced last week by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) at their 23rd Scientific and Clinical Congress…. 

In this Homerun Slides series, we review some issues around the Diabetic Management of the Obese Patient including; Potential Causes of Weight Gain with Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes; Weight Reduction Issues – Non-Insulin; and treatment with SGLT-2 Inhibitors with Incretins (GLP-1’s or DPP-IV’s)…. See more SGLT-2 Resources To download …

  This week’s Homerun Slides set covers weight reduction through lifestyle modification as well as some of the newer medications available to help your patients achieve this important goal….

Living at high altitudes may be associated with a lower risk of obesity…. 

  In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we discuss the possibility of delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes as well as revisit DeFronzo’s octet, and look at how treating the octet without hypoglycemia and weight gain can be done….