Search Results - "Kumar, Rekha B."

The impact of food order on postprandial glycaemic excursions in prediabetes by Shukla, Alpana P., Dickison, Morgan, Coughlin, Natasha, Karan, Ampadi, Mauer, Elizabeth, Truong, Wanda, Casper, Anthony, Emiliano, Ana B., Kumar, Rekha B., Saunders, Katherine H., Igel, Leon I., Aronne, Louis J.

“…Data suggest that nutrient order during a meal significantly impacts postprandial glucose and insulin excursions in type 2 diabetes, while its effects in…”
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Effect of Food Order on Ghrelin Suppression by Shukla, Alpana P, Mauer, Elizabeth, Igel, Leon I, Truong, Wanda, Casper, Anthony, Kumar, Rekha B, Saunders, Katherine H, Aronne, Louis J

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Pharmacotherapy for Obesity by Saunders, Katherine H., MD, Shukla, Alpana P., MD, MRCP (UK), Igel, Leon I., MD, DABOM, Kumar, Rekha B., MD, MS, DABOM, Aronne, Louis J., MD, DABOM, FTOS

“…Successful treatment of obesity requires a multidisciplinary approach including diet, exercise and behavioral modification. As lifestyle changes are not…”
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Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity by Srivastava, Gitanjali, Kumar, Rekha B

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Current and Future Medical Treatment of Obesity by Umashanker, Devika, MD, MBA, Igel, Leon I., MD, Kumar, Rekha B., MD, MS, Aronne, Louis J., MD

“…Obesity is a major health crisis resulting in comorbidities such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea. The need for safe and…”
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Obesity Pharmacotherapy by Saunders, Katherine H., Umashanker, Devika, Igel, Leon I., Kumar, Rekha B., Aronne, Louis J.

“…Although diet, physical activity, and behavioral modifications are the cornerstones of weight management, weight loss achieved by lifestyle modifications alone…”
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Management of Medication-Induced Weight Gain by Barenbaum, Sarah R., Kumar, Rekha B., Aronne, Louis J.

“…Several medications can contribute to weight gain. Medication-induced weight gain can have severe health consequences leading to overweight or obesity, or…”
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Practical Use of Pharmacotherapy for Obesity by Igel, Leon I, Kumar, Rekha B, Saunders, Katherine H, Aronne, Louis J

“…Obesity management requires a multidisciplinary approach, as there are many factors that contribute to the development of obesity, as well as the preservation…”
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Iatrogenic Obesity by Kumar, Rekha B., Aronne, Louis J.

“…Obesity has been identified as a multifactorial disease with several determinants, including genetic predisposition, environmental influences, dietary…”
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Efficacy comparison of medications approved for chronic weight management by Kumar, Rekha B., Aronne, Louis J.

“…For the first time, patients who are obese are able to benefit from 5 different FDA approved pharmacologic agents for chronic weight management. Although…”
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Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity by Javor, Eugen, Lucijanić, Marko, Skelin, Marko, Khoo, Teck K, Lin, Jack, Nadolsky, Karl Z, Agarwal, Monica, Srivastava, Gitanjali, Kumar, Rekha B, Wilding, John P.H, Calanna, Salvatore, Kushner, Robert F, Rosen, Clifford J, Ingelfinger, Julie R

“…To the Editor: The risk of hypoglycemia in patients who are receiving glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues as monotherapy is considered to be…”
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Understanding the pathophysiologic pathways that underlie obesity and options for treatment by Kumar, Rekha B, Srivastava, Gitanjali, Reid, Tirissa J, Aronne, Louis J

“…Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial condition with devastating health consequences. It was thought that obesity could be controlled with discipline and…”
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Lorcaserin Hcl for the treatment of obesity by Shukla, Alpana P, Kumar, Rekha B, Aronne, Louis J

“…Obesity is a major health priority necessitating safe and effective strategies to address the obesity epidemic. Lorcaserin is a serotonergic agonist specific…”
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, obesity, and cardiac dysfunction by Mathews, Sherin E, Kumar, Rekha B, Shukla, Alpana P

“…Obesity and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are epidemiologically and pathophysiologically linked disorders. Here, we summarize the effect of obesity on…”
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Medical Weight‐Loss Outcomes in Patients Receiving Concomitant Psychotropic Medication: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Shukla, Alpana P., Mandel, Lindsay S., Tchang, Beverly G., Litman, Ethan, Cadwell, Joshua, Kumar, Rekha B., Waitman, Jonathan, Igel, Leon I., Christos, Paul, Aronne, Louis J.

“…Objective This study aimed to elucidate medical weight‐loss outcomes in patients unexposed or exposed to psychotropic medication(s). Methods This retrospective…”
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Metformin-induced weight loss in patients with or without type 2 diabetes/prediabetes: A retrospective cohort study by Chukir, Tariq, Mandel, Lindsay, Tchang, Beverly G., Al- Mulla, Nada A., Igel, Leon I., Kumar, Rekha B., Waitman, Jonathan, Aronne, Louis J., Shukla, Alpana P.

“…It is unknown whether weight loss outcomes differ with metformin monotherapy in patients with obesity with or without type 2 diabetes (T2DM)/prediabetes…”
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Pharmacologic Approaches to Weight Management: Recent Gains and Shortfalls in Combating Obesity by Saunders, Katherine H., Kumar, Rekha B., Igel, Leon I., Aronne, Louis J.

“…Obesity is a growing epidemic in the USA with over one third of adults presently classified as obese. Obesity-related comorbidities include many leading causes…”
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Hypothalamic Inflammation: Is There Evidence for Human Obesity? by Kumar, Rekha B., Aronne, Louis J.

“…With increasing awareness of the obesity epidemic have come research efforts to understand the pathophysiology of body weight and appetite regulation. Clinical…”
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Meet Your Editorial Team

“…Associate Editor Rekha B. Kumar Rekha B. Kumar currently serves as an associate professor of clinical medicine and she is an attending endocrinologist at Weill…”
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Review of multimodal therapies for obesity treatment: Including dietary, counseling strategies, and pharmacologic interventions by Kumar, Rekha B., MD, Aronne, Louis J., MD

“…Abstract There have been several recent advances in the field of obesity medicine in the areas of structured behavioral therapies, medically supervised diet…”
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