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For more than 40 years, Deborah Juda, RD, LDN, has dedicated her career to helping people better understand nutrition, weight management and obesity care.

For years, Alicia Shelly, MD, DABOM, built meaningful relationships with patients through primary care, helping them navigate life’s challenges and celebrating their successes along the way. Today, as a board-certified internal medicine physician and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, Dr. Shelly practices obesity medicine full-time, helping patients through comprehensive and compassionate obesity care.

Medicare coverage of GLP-1s for weight loss indications will occur under the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Model, rather than the BALANCE Model, through December 31, 2027. Eligible Medicare beneficiaries will continue to have access to covered GLP-1 medications nationwide with a fixed $50 copay through the extended Bridge Model. While the Bridge Model was originally scheduled to end December 31, 2026 – to be replaced by BALANCE on January 1, 2027 – CMS extended the Bridge Model to allow for ongoing coverage of GLP-1 medications given the delay of the BALANCE model. The extension of the Bridge Model will enable eligible Part D beneficiaries across the country to access covered GLP-1 medications through December 2027, regardless of their Part D plan sponsors’ participation decisions. CMS’ announced changes to Medicare coverage of GLP-1 medications are not expected to affect Medicaid coverage of the medications under the BALANCE model.

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The hypothalamus may be small, but its influence on human physiology is profound. As a central regulator of neuroendocrine function, it plays a critical role in maintaining homeostasis—coordinating hunger and satiety, energy expenditure, sleep–wake cycles, thermoregulation, thirst, and fatigue.1-4 When this finely tuned system is disrupted, the downstream clinical consequences can be severe and lifelong.

The most increase in physical activity (PA) was found to be from infancy to 24 months and then tended to plateau. Greater screen time exposure was associated with a slower rate of PA increase between 6 and 24 months of age. Based on these findings, clinicians should consider integrating PA anticipatory guidance into well-child visits beginning in early infancy, with attention to screen time limits and opportunities for active play. In their original article, Longitudinal Change in Physical Activity in Children 6 to 36 Months of Age , Pate and colleagues not only present the developmental pattern for PA in this age group but also highlight factors that may hinder or promote PA development. Interestingly, screen time was associated with higher PA levels at 6 months but with a slower rate of PA growth by 24 months, suggesting that the negative impact of screen exposure on physical activity accumulates over time rather than appearing immediately. Longitudinal Change in Physical Activity in Children 6 to 36 Months of Age.

Article Summary This scoping review highlights the complex, bidirectional relationship between pediatric obesity and mental health, emphasizing depression, psychosocial mediators, and the importance of integrated behavioral and medical interventions in pediatric obesity care. Read the Full Article Article Review Childhood and adolescent obesity is increasingly recognized as a chronic, relapsing condition with significant mental and behavioral health implications. In Obesity and Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence: A Scoping Review of Recent Scientific Evidence , Morales-Suárez-Varela et al. review recent literature examining the relationship between pediatric obesity and mental health outcomes, with particular attention on depressive symptoms. This review reinforces the importance of addressing mental health and providing mental health treatment as a core component of pediatric obesity care rather than adjunctive care alone. This scoping review synthesizes evidence published over the last decade and highlights the complex, bidirectional relationship between obesity and mental health.

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