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Some adults who are either obese or overweight tend to see themselves as less physically active than they actually are, suggests a study. However, accumulating at least 150 min/wk of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) can already provide benefits on a person’s weight and adiposity status.

Patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) – previously called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – but without  cirrhosis, who were treated with daily low-dose aspirin, had significant reductions in liver fat for 6 months in a new trial.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies demonstrate that switching from animal-based (AB) to plant-based (PB) foods conferred cardiometabolic improvements.

Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) does not appear to have any significant effect on the cardiometabolic parameters of individuals with at least one cardiometabolic issue, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Treatment with metformin plus insulin early in pregnancy for women with pre-existing type 2 diabetes (T2D) or gestational diabetes falls short of reducing the risk of adverse neonatal outcomes, as shown in the MOMPOD study.

In older men, serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone correlate inversely with coronary artery calcification (CAC), partially independently from each other, a study has shown.

High body mass index (BMI) in late adolescence appears to be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in young adulthood, even for seemingly healthy individuals with a BMI that falls within the normal range but is closer to the upper limit, as reported in a study.

Etelcalcetide proves beneficial in the real-world treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in multiethnic Asian haemodialysis patients, with the added advantage of reducing pill burden, as shown in a study from Singapore.