Recent publications on Obesity

Wartko PD, Zhang R, Johnson E, Begle C, Bobb JF, Chen C, Singh A, Ross L, O'Connor PJ, Arterburn D, McCoy RG Trends in utilization of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, and metabolic bariatric surgery in U.S. adults with diabetes and obesity 2026 Oct;240:113504 doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113504. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113504. Epub 2026-08-20. PubMed

Crawford CL, Hansell LD, Hsu CW, Mogk J, Paz SR, Moore DD, Macias M, Bhakta BB, Ellis D, Lopez C, Jackson T, Borruso A, Graves R, Corralejo V, Gray MF, Young DR, Drewnowski A, Lewis KH, Coleman KJ Beyond the Scale: Patient Perceptions and Experiences of Bariatric Surgery Support-A Qualitative Analysis of the BELONG II Study 2026 Aug;16(4):e70093. doi: 10.1111/cob.70093. PubMed

Yang J, Gu B, Pillai H, Lii J, Cronkite D, Marsolo KA, Desai RJ Using Natural Language Processing of Clinical Notes to Supplement Structured Electronic Health Record Data for Phenotyping Smoking and Obesity in a Healthcare System 2026 Jul;35(7):e70415. doi: 10.1002/pds.70415. PubMed

Haneuse S, Benz L, Smith VA, Arterburn D, Maceijewski ML Long-term cardiovascular outcomes following bariatric surgery: Reconciling seemingly conflicting evidence 2026 Jul;37(4):467-475. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001952. Epub 2026-01-21. PubMed

Curtis LH, Arterburn D, Toh S, Guo J, Hernán MA, Iturralde E, Jastreboff A, Lewis KH, Lund JL, Maciejewski ML, McCoy RG, McTigue KM, Narain K, Wee CC, Osganian SK, Hales C Methodological Approaches to Real-World Evidence Generation for Glucagon-like Peptide-1-Based Therapies: Synopsis of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop 2026 Jun 30 doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-26-00202. Epub 2026-06-30. PubMed

Arterburn D, Curtis LH, Toh S, Bradley MC, D'Alessio D, Duchovny N, Hines D, Narain K, Parekh A, Skinner A, Wee CC, Wong JB, Wright DR, Osganian SK, Hales C Leveraging Real-World Evidence to Inform Regulatory, Clinical, and Coverage Decisions Related to Glucagon-Like Peptide-1-Based Therapies: Synopsis of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop 2026 Jun 30 doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-25-05468. Epub 2026-06-30. PubMed

Lewis KH, Zhang F, LeCates RF, Argetsinger S, Albert S, Iyer GS, Connolly JG, Wharam JF, Arterburn DE, Ross-Degnan D, Toh S Health Care Costs and Use of Patients Prescribed Four Different Obesity Medications 2026 Jun;34(6):1331-1342 doi:10.1002/oby.70208. doi: 10.1002/oby.70208. Epub 2026-05-12. PubMed

Sloan CE, Zepel L, Smith VA, Arterburn DE, Baecker A, Kawatkar AA, Chang JH, Clark AG, Maciejewski ML Type 2 Diabetes Severity Modifies Long-Term Health Expenditures After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery 2026 May;36(5):2075-2086 doi:10.1007/s11695-026-08603-7. doi: 10.1007/s11695-026-08603-7. Epub 2026-03-31. PubMed

Gao J, Smith VA, Maciejewski ML, Zepel L, Arterburn DE, Kawatkar AA, Sloan CE, Clark AG, Rigdon J Identifying Bariatric Surgery Patients With the Most Favorable Cost Outcomes 2026 Apr;61(2):e70096. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.70096. PubMed

Lewis KH, Argetsinger S, LeCates RF, Zhang F, Arterburn DE, Ross-Degnan D, Fernandez A, Wharam JF Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events Following Roux en Y Gastric Bypass versus Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Claims-Based Retrospective Cohort Study 2026 Mar;283(3):459-468 doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006507. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006507. Epub 2024-08-23. PubMed

Patti ME, Hu B, Kirschling S, Wang HJ, Foster K, Sarig Y, Simonson DC, Wolfs D, Arterburn D, O'Brien MJ, Vernon AH, Jakicic JM, Laffel L, Ojukwu S, Kashyap SR, Aminian A, Schauer PR, Cummings DE, Gourash WF, Courcoulas A, Kirwan JP Effect of Social Vulnerability on Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery Versus Medical and Lifestyle Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes: Analysis of the ARMMS-T2D Consortium of Randomized Trials 2026 Mar;179(3):353-361 doi:10.7326/ANNALS-24-01882. doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-24-01882. Epub 2026-01-20. PubMed

Arterburn DE, Wellman R, Courcoulas A, Anau J, Hsu C, Tavakkoli A, Fischer GS, Ahmed B, Eavey J, Luce C, Williams N, Stilwell D, Paul K, Daigle CR, Elwyn G, McTigue KM Enhancing Shared Decision-Making in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Multi-System Implementation and Evaluation 2025 Dec;11(6):e70091. doi: 10.1002/osp4.70091. Epub 2025-12-05. PubMed

Benz L, Mukherjee R, Wang R, Arterburn D, Fischer H, Lee C, Shortreed SM, Haneuse S Adjusting for Selection Bias Due to Missing Eligibility Criteria in Emulated Target Trials 2025 Nov 4;194(11):3126-3139 doi:10.1093/aje/kwae471. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae471. Epub 2024-12-26. PubMed

Hansell LD, Hsu CW, Mogk JM, Paz SR, Moore DD, Macias MM, Bhakta BB, Crawford CL, Ellis D, Lopez C, Jackson T, Graves R, Corralejo V, Gray MF, Young DR, Drewnowski A, Lewis KH, Murali SB, Coleman KJ Experiences and Perspectives of Racially Diverse Patients 5 Years Post-Bariatric Surgery: Qualitative Findings from the BELONG II Study 2025 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02635-y. Epub 2025-10-16. PubMed

Jankowska MM, Tribby CP, Hibbing PR, Carlson JA, Greenwood-Hickman MA, Sears DD, LaCroix AZ, Natarajan L Movement- and Posture-based Measures of Sedentary Patterns and Associations with Metabolic Syndrome in Hispanic/Latino and non-Hispanic Adults 2025 Oct;12(5):3086-3094. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02114-w. Epub 2024-08-12. PubMed

Thapa B, Schmittdiel JA, Arterburn D, Neugebauer R, Dyer W, O'Connor PJ, An J, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Gilliam LK, Hooker SA, Nolan MB, Oshiro CES, Thomas T, Simonson G, Dombrowski SK, Rodriguez LA Clinical and Demographic Characteristics Associated With Diabetes Remission in Six Integrated Health Care Systems: A Retrospective Cohort Study 2025 Oct;48(10):1737-1743. doi: 10.2337/dc25-0530. Epub 2025-07-30. PubMed

Sloan CE, Zepel L, Smith VA, Arterburn DE, Baecker A, Clark AG, Kawatkar AA, Kane RM, Daigle CR, Coleman KJ, Maciejewski ML Health Expenditures Decline After Bariatric Surgery for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes 2025 Sep;48(9):1502-1511. doi: 10.2337/dc25-0254. Epub 2025-06-12. PubMed

Sun S, Haneuse S, Levis AW, Lee C, Arterburn DE, Fischer H, Shortreed S, Mukherjee R Estimating weighted quantile treatment effects with missing outcome data by double sampling 2025 Apr 2;81(2). doi: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf038. PubMed

Simonson DC, Gourash WF, Arterburn DE, Hu B, Kashyap SR, Cummings DE, Patti ME, Courcoulas AP, Vernon AH, Jakicic JM, Kirschling S, Aminian A, Schauer PR, Kirwan JP Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Utility After Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Versus Medical/Lifestyle Intervention in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: The ARMMS-T2D Study 2025 Apr;48(4):537-545. doi: 10.2337/dc24-2046. Epub 2025-02-04. PubMed

Maciejewski ML, Zepel L, Smith VA, Arterburn DE, Theis MK, Baecker A, Sloan C, Clark AG, Kane RM, Daigle CR, Coleman KJ, Kawatkar AA Health Expenditures of Patients With Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery: Comparing Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy 2025 Mar;178(3):305-314. doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-24-00480. Epub 2025-01-28. PubMed