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Experts look beyond BMI to diagnose obesity
Experts have proposed a subtle approach to diagnosing obesity that shifts the focus from BMI alone. Instead, they urged using other body fat measures such as waist circumference or direct fat mass measurement and signs and symptoms of ill health to confirm excess body fat.

Greater weight loss at 5 years following ring-augmented RYGB
Among patients who undergo primary RYGB to treat obesity, those whose surgery is augmented with a prefabricated gastric ring lose significantly more of their initial weight at 5 years, a matched cohort study has found

Breastfeeding protects women against postpartum CVD
Women who breastfeed, especially those with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), appear to have greater protection against long-term atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), suggest the results of a study presented at SMFM 2025.

SGLT-2is, GLP-1RAs cut risk of COPD flare-ups
In adults with type 2 diabetes and active chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) may also reduce the risk of COPD exacerbations, according to a study.

Increasing obesity trajectory in midlife tied to cognitive decline, dementia
Individuals with a persistently high or an increasing pattern of general and central obesity trajectories throughout middle and late life appear to be at greater risk of cognitive decline and developing dementia, a study has shown.




