#weight gain

BMI may not be the best way to assess health risks linked to excess weight.

Switching from TAF to TDF may help people lose weight, but this must be balanced against the risk of kidney problems and bone loss.

For people who are newly diagnosed or undergoing active treatment, there is little specific dietary guidance, but new evidence is emerging.

The updated guidance says antiretroviral therapy should be started as soon as possible after diagnosis and outlines the latest options.

The weight-to-height ratio, never meant as a diagnostic tool, is used to determine insurance coverage of weight loss therapies.

Increases in body mass index and waist size appear to raise the risk for male breast cancer.

Data from 42,000 people with HIV suggest that income and Medicaid coverage play a role in unintentional weight loss.

Gut bacteria soak up certain drugs, which might end up weakening the effectiveness of medications.

Younger women were particularly susceptible to developing long-term body image dissatisfaction fueled by videoconferencing.

Sometimes the older formulation of tenofovir is a better choice for HIV prevention.

The body’s ability to remove and store fat declines with age.

The updates include new information on optimizing therapy, dealing with virological failure and managing opportunistic infections.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension occurs more commonly in people of color, and mostly affects women ages 20 to 50.

Excess weight, which is often linked to metabolic abnormalities, can contribute to a wide variety of health problems.