ESPEYB21 11. Obesity and Weight Regulation Martin Wabitsch, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann, Stefanie Zorn, Christian Denzer, Melanie Schirmer, Nicole Prinz, Joanna Lerner, Eleni Giannopoulou, Daniel Tews (1 abstracts)
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Preface: As in previous years in this Yearbook 2024 chapter we can only present 1.5 % of the acquired publications (1,656) according to our search criteria in PubMed. The last year has again been extremely exciting for the field of obesity and weight regulation and it was a significant step into the future in terms of scientific output.
Of particular importance is the new pharmacological therapeutic approach for patients with acquired hypothalamic obesity (see Roth et al., Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2024 Jun;12(6):380-389. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-01902-3). For this group of patients, in whom extreme obesity is often the main burden of disease, a non-surgical treatment now appears to exist that for the first time can achieve clinically relevant weight reduction.
The Yearbook chapter 2024 on obesity and weight regulation comprises further exciting articles covering a broad research area.