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Article Archive

February 2021

Obesity Care Week 2021

  • 2021-02-26

Recognizing that obesity is a complex, chronic disease affecting more than 2 billion people globally, the STOP Obesity Alliance is a founding partner of the 7th annual Obesity Care Week (OCW), which takes place this year from February 28th – March 6th, 2021.
 

January 2021

Adolescent Obesity

  • 2021-02-01

This month's newsletter is written by guest author Faith Newsome. Faith is currently a first year PhD student at the University of Florida in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics working on various projects related to obesity research.

December 2020

Obesity and Cancer Care

  • 2021-01-05

This month's newsletter is written by guest author Amelia Corl. Amelia is a graduate student at The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and a Research Assistant with the STOP Obesity Alliance. This article was written as a component of the author’s Applied Practice Experience project titled “The Intersection of Cancer Care and Obesity Care.”

November 2020

Weight Can't Wait

  • 2021-01-01

October 2020

Weight Stigma, Eating Disorders, and Obesity

  • 2020-11-02

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect countries across the globe, more attention has focused on the link between obesity and severe COVID-19 illness. New guidance by the CDC cautions that even those with a BMI of 25-30 may be at increased risk of severe illness.

September 2020

National Childhood Obesity Month

  • 2020-10-01

September is National Childhood Obesity Month. Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem. About 1 in 5 children in the United States has obesity, and the prevalence among U.S. children aged 2 to 19 years old had risen to 18.5% in 2015-2016.

August 2020

COVID-19 and Childhood Obesity

  • 2020-08-31

With many schools returning to in-person instruction in August and September, the health of children has become a new contentious focus of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulations around returning to in-person instruction vary across the country, but disparities in resources between school districts threaten to disadvantage children in low-income areas.

July 2020

Obesity, COVID-19, and Racial Disparities

  • 2020-08-03

This month's newsletter is written by guest author Fatima Cody Stanford. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FTOS is an obesity medicine physician and scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This article was originally published by Newsweek under the title "America’s COVID-19 Response Must Tackle Obesity." It has been reproduced here with minor edits with the permission of the author. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own.

 

June 2020

Obesity and LGBTQ Health

  • 2020-07-09

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ Pride tradition.

May 2020

Mental Health and Obesity during COVID-19

  • 2020-06-02

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year it’s more important than ever. Disease outbreaks can put individuals and communities under a great deal of stress; the COVID-19 pandemic is a good example.

April 2020

Pharmacotherapy for Adolescent Obesity

  • 2020-05-01

Although the obesity rate in American adolescents is over 20% in 12- to 19-year-olds, availability and accessibility of effective treatments remain low. Recent attention has focused on the indications for and use of drug therapy in adolescents.

March 2020

COVID-19 and Obesity

  • 2020-04-01

The pandemic of COVID-19 has threatened the health and infrastructure of nations all over the world.

February 2020

Obesity Care Week 2020

  • 2020-03-02

In December, researchers announced that almost half of all Americans could have obesity by 2030. As we start this new decade, it is imperative that we change the narrative surrounding obesity. We need to raise awareness, lower stigma, and make it easier for those with obesity to receive the care they deserve.

January 2020

The Global Syndemic 2020

  • 2020-02-04

One year ago, the Lancet Commission on Obesity published its seminal report, The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change. Today, the report remains impactful and more relevant than ever.

December 2019

Obesity Care Competencies

  • 2020-01-13

Despite the high prevalence of obesity among Americans, few health professionals receive adequate training in how to deliver effective care for people with obesity.

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