Sparking Positive Dialogue in Women & Men With Obesity
While obesity is a chronic, complex disease that can affect anyone, it impacts men and women...
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Conference Highlights: ERS 2021 Virtual
New research was presented at ERS 2021, the virtual European Respiratory Society International...
Conference Highlights: ENDO 2019
New research was presented at ENDO 2019, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, from March...
An Update on the Obesity Epidemic
Overweight and obesity continues to be a considerable healthcare and societal burden despite the...
Clinical Guidelines for Managing Obesity
According to published data, nearly 155 million adults in the United States are classified as...
Physician Rapport With Obese Patients
Recent studies suggest that obese patients may be vulnerable to poorer physician–patient...
Substance & Alcohol Use After Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgery (WLS) has been an effective treatment for many patients with clinically severe...
Can Financial Incentives for Patients Induce Weight Loss?
Several studies have suggested that financial incentives appear to help overweight and obese...
New Weapons in the War on Obesity
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, along comes the AspireAssist. This device, not yet FDA-approved, consists of a tube implanted in the stomach, which leads to a port that is exposed on the surface of the abdomen. Now,...
Delayed ED Care for the Morbidly Obese
The disposition home for morbidly obese patients appears to take significantly longer than that of people who are normal weight or mildly obese, according to a comparison of ED medical records for the two patient groups. Those...
Delayed ED Care for the Morbidly Obese
An analysis of ED medical records suggests that morbidly obese patients take significantly longer to disposition home when compared with patients of normal weight. Patients with a BMI of less than 35 kg/m2 had an average length...
2012 ADA Annual Scientific Sessions
New research was presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 72nd Scientific Sessions from June 8-12, 2012 in Philadelphia. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged from the conference Heart &...
