Obesity News

DENVER — Losing weight is good for patients’ wallets as well as their health, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

Dietary supplements marketed online to promote weight loss commonly have inaccurate labels and may include unsafe ingredients for the public to use, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses how obesity awareness has evolved since obesity was recognized as a disease in 2013.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses the need for clinicians who are "culturally competent" and provide evidence-based, comprehensive obesity treatment.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, emphasizes the need for obesity medicine physicians and primary care physicians to work together on a patient's treatment.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, describes the thorough evaluation of each obesity patient to create a treatment plan tailored to their specific needs.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses factors that may contribute to weight gain and how physicians can address and manage these factors, even prior to a patient gaining weight.

DENVER — Individualized care is critical for treating childhood obesity, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

Obesity and overweight were associated with an increased risk for iron deficiency in children and young adults, findings published in BMJ Global Health showed.