DCRI’s Matthew Roe opened today’s Transdisciplinary #Obesity Research Consortium Symposium saying, “We are all OneDuke and we are all in this together collaborating to solve the #publichealth issue of obesity.” Duke University School of Medicine Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute dcri.org

Joseph Rogers, CMO for Duke Health talking at the Transforming Obesity Research conference on a community-patient-clinician shared approach. #tor Charlene Wong, MD Asheley Skinner DukeCHDI Duke Children's Voices of Duke Health

Solution-oriented treatment approaches for obesity from health care providers, rather than just acknowledgement of the problem, are what our patient partners urgently request Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute Duke Health Sarah Armstrong #TransformingObesityResearchAtDuke

Let’s get ready to rumble!! ⁦Svati Shah⁩ ⁦Eric Westman⁩ ⁦Eliana Perrin⁩ and @danaportnier debate the most effective treatment for obesity!! #toc ⁦Duke Children's⁩ ⁦Duke Health⁩ ⁦DukeCHDI⁩

⁦Lesley Curtis⁩ presenting concluding keynote presentation for our obesity research symposium today. Great momentum for the future #TransformingObesityResearchAtDuke ⁦Duke Clinical Research Institute⁩ ⁦Duke University School of Medicine⁩ ⁦Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute⁩ ⁦Sarah Armstrong⁩

America's obesity epidemic may mean some cancers are striking sooner. More evidence that we need to treat obesity like the disease it is and make lowering insulin and insulin resistance a goal. medicalxpress.com/news/2019-08-a… via Medical Xpress

Kudos to James Corden for calling out Bill Maher for his "fat-shaming" segment, and still making us laugh while doing it. newsweek.com/meghan-mccain-…

Kudos to these authors for highlighting a poorly understood health problem seen in obesity medicine, lipedema. It's difficult to treat but an alert obesity specialist can help. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks, Jason. Most fun study I have done because several other docs were involved and saw first-hand (along with the patients) how powerful nutrition therapy can be for diabetes.

Medical Students Around the World Poorly Trained in Nutrition. The title of the article says it all. It's time for medical schools and MDs who use #nutrition therapy to step it up! ja.ma/34RoxgJ

This goes hand in hand with the lack of nutrition education in medical training.

Fascinating how controversy over the relationship between red meat intake and health heightens with each new research article. Science is supposed to get closer to the truth over time. ja.ma/2R7v2Yw

Later bedtime was associated with #obesity in children. I see this commonly in adult patients, too. Our patients at Duke Diet and Fitness often cite the early to bed, early to rise schedule as helpful. cnn.com/2020/02/18/hea…

How could sleep and weight be connected? "...several brain regions involved in regulating sleep and wake cycles also are involved in regulating fasting and feeding, and these neural systems are influenced by the same hormones and neurotransmitters." pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/…

Would love to be able to code a diagnosis besides "obesity due to excess calories" for all of my patient visits. It's oversimplified, insulting and, for many, inaccurate. Here's an idea headed in the right direction. popsci.com/story/health/o…

Obesity, diabetes and COVID-19: here's some info to help understand the connections. healio.com/primary-care/i…

Nice explanation by Dr. Clowse of why more research is critical before we use hydroxychloroquine widely for COVID. forge.duke.edu/blog/i-love-hy…

#CME Opportunity: Join us for "Diverse Pathways for Obesity: Ways to Support a Patient's Journey," to learn more about managing obesity through diet, psychology, medication, and surgical options for adult and pediatric patients. Learn more and register: bit.ly/DiversePathway….