Here are six things to know about the current state of obesity training: 1. The approval of GLP-1 drugs has opened effective treatment for a disease that affects 40% of adults. Previously, treatment ...

An individualized, patient-centered approach is crucial for health care professionals who are prescribing obesity medications ...

The AACE consensus statement emphasizes improvement of overall health in addition to weight reduction among adults with obesity and adiposity-based chronic disease.

“Because obesity is newly categorized as a disease, there isn’t a lot of material in curriculums in many medical schools across the country, so we are implementing 12 free education modules about the ...

In this video, Melissa Shoemaker, MD, MPH, emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary care in obesity management.

When it comes to the obesity epidemic, it’s not just patients, but doctors who need an education. In a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers argue that part of the ...

Retention has always been a central concern in long-term studies, but obesity trials present a particular challenge. For those assigned to receive the drug candidate in question, the effects are ...

The purpose of the T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Obesity Research is to offer fellowships that prepare postdoctoral scientists for scientific careers as independent investigators in ...

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma... Scant obesity training in medical school leaves ...

Is obesity among the most misunderstood, misclassified, and mistreated diseases? Over the past 30 years, researchers have not only identified a key hormone (leptin) that helps regulate appetite and ...