Translating an Explosion of Weight Stigma Research into Action
Yesterday at Concordia University, we wrapped up two days of an international weight bias summit aimed at setting priorities for translating an explosion of weight stigma research into action for...
View ArticleMetabolic Surgery: Up, Down, or Sideways?
“Our results provide a national contemporaneous estimate of the decline in metabolic bariatric surgery associated with the era of GLP-1 RAs.” Writing in JAMA Network Open last week, Kevin Lin, Ateev...
View ArticleLeaving Doctors in the Dark About Patients with Obesity
In some ways, it is nothing new. The medical needs of people living with obesity have been dismissed seemingly forever. But at the same time it is shocking to learn of Merck – a highly respected...
View ArticleFive Things to Seek Out at ObesityWeek 2024 in San Antonio
November is upon us and thus, so is ObesityWeek 2024 in San Antonio. This has been a year of radical change in the environment for obesity research, prevention, and care. So as we peruse the program...
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Impressive 10-Year Outcomes for Metabolic Surgery in Teens
The eternal question about medical and surgical treatment for obesity in young persons is all about long-term outcomes. Will the net effect of highly effective treatment actually be to make their lives...
View ArticleWill Shutting Out Fast Food Reduce Childhood Obesity?
A new study in Obesity caught our attention with a claim that “restricting fast food outlets in areas with a high concentration of such outlets as part of a package of policies to reduce childhood...
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OW2024: The Expanding Scope of GLP-1 Therapy Benefits
As we travel to San Antonio for ObesityWeek 2024 (OW2024) one of the principal threads we want to explore is the expanding scope of GLP-1 therapy benefits. The narrative is a moving target. We won’t...
View ArticleOW2024: Is Obesity Becoming The New Hypertension?
With the opening of ObesityWeek 2024, it’s worth stopping to consider the radically different situation for obesity medicine today in comparison to a few years ago. Obesity is becoming the new...
View ArticleOW2024: Tripping or Tipping Toward Equity in Obesity Care?
From the Presidential Plenary at ObesityWeek, a primary issue standing in the way of progress is quite clear. Are we tipping toward equity in obesity care, or are we tripping over it? Tipping Toward...
View ArticleOW2024: Chronic Care for This Chronic Disease Is Compelling
This should not be so hard. New research at ObesityWeek 2024 tells us that chronic care for the chronic disease is truly compelling. Specifically, we are talking about the results of three years of...
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