News

March 2025
  • A research paper by Dr. Seiji Nishikage on the establishment of the J-ORBIT system and the prevalence of obesity-related health disorders by BMI category was published in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation.
  • Issued "Letter Vol.1" to participating institutions.
December 2024 Department of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Tohoku University Hospital, joined the J-ORBIT project.
October 2024 Dr. Mei Nakatsuji presented "Achievement rates of weight-loss targets among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes receiving GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy, based on data from the electronic medical record-linked obesity database (J-ORBIT)" at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity and the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for the Treatment of Obesity in Yokohama.
May 2024 Dr. Seiji Nishikage presented "Prevalence of obesity-related health disorders and achievement rates of weight-loss targets among elderly versus non-elderly patients, based on data from the electronic medical record-linked obesity database (J-ORBIT)" at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japan Diabetes Society in Tokyo.
April 2024 Updated the webpage for collaborative research using J-ORBIT data. February 2024: Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism / Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, joined the J-ORBIT project.