Great piece Ian Patton, PHD 🙌

Did you know that with GLP-1 RAs (for example Semaglutide) there are likely weight loss independent factors that contribute cardioprotection? Hmmm what may they be? Join us in one of the most beautiful places on earth to learn more😀 Obesity Canada - Obésité Canada site.pheedloop.com/event/sciencet…

Ted Ted Kyle, I had to check the date! Usually you reserve these for April 1st 😂 conscienhealth.org/2024/03/it-tas…

Hi Sek Kathiresan MD I know you are busy with important lipids work 😀 but do you know of any progress with the exciting prospect of polygenic risk scores in obesity? Can power be ⬆️ with the availability larger databases? I’ll also check with Lee Kaplan… cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092…

Thanks Daryl O’Connor this is helpful. Stress affects obesity by a) increase the amplitude of appetite while at the same time b) diminishing self regulation capacity. This sys review & meta-analysis says Mindfulness-meditation interventions for the win pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37879237/#:~:t….

Ditto😂

Really? Take a GLP-1 RA and then stop it at 18 months and all the great new habits plus food is medicine stuff and you will maintain weight loss. Pure fantasy. Denies biology. When meds finally cost less we can end these eat less move more platitudes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Thanks Kurt Black for ur excellent journalism and interview regarding Obesity. But… Please ask the producers to consider eliminating the stigmatizing video contained in the video piece below presenting headless ppl with donuts suggesting gluttony ??? youtu.be/DZ88FX2Jp0I?si…

Wow I just sat through the Calibre ( I teach Calibre this Friday) training conducted by my colleagues sean wharton DrSuePedersen Sanjeev Sockalingam and Michael Vallis in Banff. Amazing teachers, researchers and clinicians! cpd.obesitycanada.ca/calibre/

Congratulations to the entire staff at MWM. Real world data Effective, expert and ethical treatment of obesity. Significant metabolic and psychological outcomes. Behavioural therapy +/- medication. A real life incarnation of the celebrated CDN guidelines. Megha Poddar

My friend, colleague and mentor Arya M. Sharma, MD is about to succeed in yet another field, the music industry! Give a good listen to his debut release! Bravo Arya! listen.music-hub.com/oaEcTe

Health care professionals- If the health care system you work within has had a long standing 10 year wait list for bariatric surgery would you consider this wait

I predict that STRESS and SLEEP DEBT will prove much less impactful on obesity in the era of 2nd and next generation AOMs. Their effects will be described as relatively more pronounced in “the olden days” 😀 Kevin Hall & Stephan J. Guyenet you would find this interesting,

Which obesity medication will be the next blockbuster? Please distribute. Opinion snapshot May 2024.