Thaer Idrees,Iris Castro-Revoredo,Ketan K Dhatariya,Lucas Hernandez,Guillermo E Umpierrez
{"title":"Advances in the management of hyperglycaemia and diabetes mellitus during hospitalization.","authors":"Thaer Idrees,Iris Castro-Revoredo,Ketan K Dhatariya,Lucas Hernandez,Guillermo E Umpierrez","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01157-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-025-01157-1","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes mellitus, which affects over 537 million people worldwide, considerably increases the risk of emergency room visits and admissions to hospital. Inpatient hyperglycaemia in patients with or without diabetes mellitus is associated with higher rates of complications, extended hospital stays and increased mortality when compared with patients with normoglycaemia. The American Diabetes Association recommends a target range of 5.6-10.0 mmol/l (100-180 mg/dl) for levels of glucose in the blood of patients in intensive care units (ICUs), as well as in general medicine and surgery. Insulin therapy remains the cornerstone of managing inpatient hyperglycaemia, with intravenous insulin preferred in ICU and basal-bolus regimens favoured in non-ICU settings. While bedside capillary blood glucose monitoring is standard for adjusting insulin doses, continuous glucose monitoring provides a more comprehensive glycaemic assessment and enhances the prevention of hypoglycaemia in high-risk hospitalized patients. This Review outlines the latest evidence in managing diabetes mellitus and hyperglycaemia within hospitals.","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":40.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144777757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Ian J. Neeland, Carl J. Lavie
{"title":"Balancing weight and muscle loss in GLP1 receptor agonist therapy","authors":"Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Ian J. Neeland, Carl J. Lavie","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01160-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41574-025-01160-6","url":null,"abstract":"Rapid weight loss with GLP1 receptor agonists can come at the cost of skeletal muscle, potentially undermining metabolic and functional outcomes. This Comment highlights emerging evidence and advocates for clinical strategies that prioritize muscle preservation to ensure the long-term success and safety of pharmacological weight management.","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"21 10","pages":"584-585"},"PeriodicalIF":40.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rodrigo Fernández-Verdejo, Eric Ravussin, Jose E. Galgani
{"title":"Body weight regulation models in humans: insights for testing their validity","authors":"Rodrigo Fernández-Verdejo, Eric Ravussin, Jose E. Galgani","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01149-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-025-01149-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Maintaining a ‘healthy’ body weight is crucial for survival and involves a partially understood regulatory system that adjusts energy intake and energy output (expenditure and losses) for that purpose. Several models of body weight regulation exist, but experiments testing their validity are lacking. This Review elaborates on how to test the validity of body weight regulation models in humans. We begin by highlighting the interaction between the obesogenic environment and the individual’s biological sensitivity to such environment, which triggers obesity in many, but not all, individuals. We discuss the identity of the regulated parameter(s), often considered to be body weight or body adiposity. We then focus on two models: set point and dual-intervention point. Under the set point model, obesity results from a malfunction of the system (leptin resistance) for preventing weight increases above the defended value. Under the dual-intervention point model, obesity occurs because the system tolerates a wide range of weights in some individuals. This key difference predicts different compensatory responses to energy balance perturbations in individuals according to their weight status, thus becoming instrumental in testing the validity of the models. Finally, we discuss the design of proof-of-concept experiments to advance the understanding of body weight regulation in humans.</p>","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":40.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Language evolves — so can you","authors":"Sarah C. Westen, Laura M. Jacobsen","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01155-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41574-025-01155-3","url":null,"abstract":"As healthcare professionals, scientists and educators, our intent is to empower people affected by diabetes mellitus; however, if our language is stigmatizing, our impact might be disempowerment. If we do not choose our words with care, we risk undermining the very autonomy we seek to promote.","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"21 10","pages":"581-583"},"PeriodicalIF":40.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144652281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Djordje S. Popovic, Theocharis Koufakis, Dimitrios Patoulias, Giuseppe Maltese, Nikolaos Papanas
{"title":"The role of GLP1 receptor agonists in adult-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus","authors":"Djordje S. Popovic, Theocharis Koufakis, Dimitrios Patoulias, Giuseppe Maltese, Nikolaos Papanas","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01154-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41574-025-01154-4","url":null,"abstract":"Adult-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus differs from the early onset form in terms of residual endogenous insulin secretion, comorbidities and baseline cardiorenal risk. Adjunct therapy with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists could offer benefits in this population of patients by preserving β-cell mass and function while also contributing to cardiorenal risk mitigation.","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"21 9","pages":"521-522"},"PeriodicalIF":40.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144640354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filippa Juul, Euridice Martinez-Steele, Niyati Parekh, Carlos A. Monteiro
{"title":"The role of ultra-processed food in obesity","authors":"Filippa Juul, Euridice Martinez-Steele, Niyati Parekh, Carlos A. Monteiro","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01143-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-025-01143-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The global increase in obesity has occurred in parallel to a dietary shift from traditional staple foods to ultra-processed foods (UPF), spurring scientific interest in UPF as a driver of the obesity pandemic. Herein, we summarize the current evidence regarding the role of UPF in obesity, with a specific focus on potential biological mechanisms. The literature strongly supports and corroborates ecological, epidemiological and mechanistic lines of research indicating that dietary patterns high in UPF promote overeating and increase the risk of overweight and obesity. Experimental evidence demonstrates that the soft texture, high energy density and hyperpalatable nutrient combinations of UPF facilitate excessive energy intakes by affecting ingestive behaviours, satiety signalling and food reward systems. Although not fully elucidated, it is plausible that several other UPF attributes (such as emulsifiers, non-nutritive sweeteners, acellular nutrients, and contaminants from processing and packaging materials) contribute to their obesogenic effects through a myriad of physiological pathways, including altered absorption kinetics, glycaemic response and the gut microbiota composition and function. To stem the global rise in obesity, multipronged policy efforts are needed to reduce UPF consumption and create health-promoting food systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":40.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144622488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bile acids in the crosshairs for hypoglycaemia after gastric bypass","authors":"Marzieh Salehi","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01153-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41574-025-01153-5","url":null,"abstract":"Bile acids are increasingly recognized for their broad metabolic effects, including the regulation of glucose homeostasis. In a recent study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers provide compelling evidence that alteration in bile acid flux — namely, in intestinal absorption and faecal secretion — can directly influence prandial glucose metabolism.","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"21 9","pages":"528-529"},"PeriodicalIF":40.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144629469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy E. Morrison, Dimitris Papamargaritis, Channa N. Jayasena, Neelam Potdar, Thomas Yates, Gregory J. H. Biddle, Malak Hamza, Melanie J. Davies, Narendra L. Reddy
{"title":"Can obesity pharmacotherapy be used to manage male infertility?","authors":"Amy E. Morrison, Dimitris Papamargaritis, Channa N. Jayasena, Neelam Potdar, Thomas Yates, Gregory J. H. Biddle, Malak Hamza, Melanie J. Davies, Narendra L. Reddy","doi":"10.1038/s41574-025-01151-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41574-025-01151-7","url":null,"abstract":"Obesity-related subfertility is an increasingly recognized concern. Pharmacotherapies (particularly glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and combination therapies), alongside lifestyle intervention, enable meaningful and sustainable weight loss in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. Weight loss can benefit sperm parameters, but the optimal amount and rate of weight loss requires further study.","PeriodicalId":18916,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Endocrinology","volume":"21 9","pages":"518-520"},"PeriodicalIF":40.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144622447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}