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Sleeve Gastrectomy Causes Diabetes Remission in New Study
Does Antibiotic Exposure Increase Risk of Obesity in Children?
Diet Nudges Enable Greater Receptiveness to the Weight Loss Talk
Nuanced Approach More Likely to Achieve Effective Weight Management
Evolving Combination Therapies Needed for Lifelong Weight Control
Emerging Non-Surgical Gastric Devices Gain Approval for Weight Management
Overcoming Obstacles to Obesity Care—Is Your Practice Current?
Food Journaling for Just 15 Minutes a Day Leads to Meaningful Weight Loss
Childhood Circumstances Offer Clues to Adult Obesity
Patients Can Be Trained to Curb Food Cravings, Seek Better Food Choices
Classifying Patients with Obesity to Predict Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Comprehensive, Family-Focused Care Needed to Manage Pediatric Obesity
Beyond Genetics, DNA Methylation Identified as New Factor in Obesity
Clinical Reevaluation Needed to Prompt Use of Antiobesity Medications
Obese Patients Achieved Weight Loss with Vagus Nerve Blockade (vBloc)
USPSTF Found Insufficient Evidence to Recommend for or Against Lipid Screening in Asymptomatic Children and Teens
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reviewed evidence for screening asymptomatic children and adolescents for both familial hypercholesterolemia and multifactorial dyslipidemia.
Sorting Out Weight-Loss Programs that Meet Weight Management Guidelines
Johns Hopkins researchers assessed weight loss programs to provide greater transparency for doctors and patients looking for information to assess the best option for care.
What Works for Weight Loss Maintenance?
Even as experts continue to wrestle with the optimal methods of weight loss, whether surgical or nonsurgical, they're also focusing on the best ways to maintain the weight loss.
Motivational Interviewing: Key to Inspiring Weight Loss?
Borrowing a technique from addiction specialists, obesity specialists find motivational interviewing helps weight loss patients.
New Clues About Weight Loss Success
Early lapses on a weight loss program predict overall weight loss success, even if weight loss on track, study finds. Acceptance-based treatment beats standard treatment.
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