One year ago, the Lancet Commission on Obesity published its seminal report, The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change.
Letters from the Director Archive
Despite the high prevalence of obesity among Americans, few health professionals receive adequate training in how to deliver effective care for people w/ obesity.
ObesityWeek 2019: Pediatric Obesity
ObesityWeek, the largest obesity conference in the world, took place this month. What were the takeaways?
With the holiday season quickly approaching, it is appropriate for patients, practitioners and other stakeholders to avoid holiday weight gain.
Non-Nutritive Sweeteners and Obesity
SPECIAL EDITION: Leading expert and STOP Member Allison Sylvetsky, PhD, discusses the science of non-nutritive sweeteners and their role in obesity management.
The human skeletal system is an integrated framework of more than 200 bones and connective tissues that maintain body structure and facilitate movement.
A Proposed Standard of Care for Adult Obesity
Many patients report that it is difficult to receive the care they need because the standards for obesity care.
Rethinking Our Approach to Obesity Prevention in Low-Income Minority Populations
Over the past two decades, the NIH invested in two major multi-center studies aimed at obesity prevention in low-income Hispanic and African American children.
Fatty Liver Disease and Obesity
Because the human liver filters toxins and redistributes nutrients, it is one of the most important and versatile organs in the human body.