Unhealthy Heart Behaviors: Getting Ahead of the Curve
The American Heart Association (AHA) has set a 2020 goal of improving the heart health of all...
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Substance & Alcohol Use After Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgery (WLS) has been an effective treatment for many patients with clinically severe...
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Can Financial Incentives for Patients Induce Weight Loss?
Several studies have suggested that financial incentives appear to help overweight and obese...
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Innovative Techniques to Address Bariatric Surgery Complications
Millions of patients find it extremely difficult to achieve durable weight loss without medical...
Read MoreCan Dreaming About Exercising Lead to Weight Loss?
I was about to write one of my infrequent but famous spoof articles, and the subject was going to be losing weight by dreaming about exercising. For fun, I decided to search the Internet to see if anyone else might have had the...
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Recommendations Unveiled for Obesity Screening & Management
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has release a recommendation statement on...
Read MoreComparing Weight Loss Approaches
American research suggests that use of a standard behavioral weight loss intervention (SBWI) appears to result in greater weight loss than use of a stepped-care weight loss intervention (STEP) in overweight and obese adults....
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BMI Predicts Postoperative 30-Day Mortality
Researchers at the University of Virginia have found that BMI appears to significantly predict...
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New Guidelines for Assessing Adiposity
The rate of obesity in the United States has reached the epidemic level despite efforts by...
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Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes: Significant Benefits Observed
In the United States, more than 90% of 25.8 million adults with diabetes have type 2 disease,...
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Strategies for Improving Diabetes Care
This Physician’s Weekly feature was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American...
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Comparing Efficacy of Weight-Loss Procedures
When compared with laparoscopic bypass procedures, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery appears...
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Setting the Stage for Good Nutrition in Diabetes
This Physician’s Weekly feature covering nutritional recommendations and interventions for...
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Battling Obesity: Improving Interactions with Patients
Healthcare providers have frequent interaction with patients struggling with their weight....
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Dealing With Childhood Obesity
One-third of the nation’s children are carrying too much weight, and researchers are beginning to...
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