Get Mom or Grandma #MothersDay flowers 🌸💐🌷and make a donation to OAC crayolaflowers.com/obesity_action…

Self-monitoring is very important for weight management (weight checks, food logs) Dr Robert Kushner Obesity Medicine Association #obesity medicine2024 #oma2024 #obesity

New Blog - Leptin's Role in Obesity - Check it out! - drjasonfung.medium.com/insulin-versus…

🚨NEW REPORT: Even among the insured, only 2.3% of qualifying people with obesity are prescribed anti-obesity medication.
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Weight bias both external (they did it to themselves, just eat less, move more, no easy way out BS) and internalized (from so many years of hearing that BS) definitely plays a role in this.

Almost as remarkable as the efficacy of the new obesity drugs is their safety. This make these treatments sustainable for the chronic disease of obesity dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.24…

To open #OMA2024 yesterday, David Arterburn, MD, MPH presented a brilliant perspective on the radical paradigm shift and price wars that lie ahead in #obesity care.
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Watch the OAC's latest Health Talk, 'What is an Obesity Medicine Specialist?' W/ Dr. Kimberly Gudzune.

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'Listen to Sarah Bramblette, MSHL, Dr Rebecca Puhl & ✨ Vicki Mooney ✨ discuss the consequences of  #WeightBias , #ObesityStigma , & discriminatory implications for people living with obesity in the context of healthcare, education, & employment buff.ly/3W2f7fR

Live now: A letter to the editor in The Obesity Society’s Research Journal, which I had the privilege of co-authoring with Angela Fitch,MD

Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ob…

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I’m launching my newsletter next week to kick off #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and I have a lot of exciting things I’m announcing. Sign up 👉🏻 drrachelnyc.com/newsletter/

With new #nutrition #guidelines for WIC and school meals, USDA Nutrition has raised the bar. But nothing, not even progress, is painless.
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At OAC’s #YourWeightMattersVirtual , explore topics like navigating weight
and health with a registered dietitian, the latest breakthroughs in obesity treatment
options and much more. Happening May 18-19. Free registration is available at ywmvirtual.com.

Upcoming OAC Health Talk this Thursday @ 7 PM EST! Learn about Obesity Medicine Specialists with Dr. Kimberly Gudzune live on YouTube.

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Will advanced #ObesityMedicines meet their potential to reduce #HealthDisparities ? Or make them worse? This is not the final word, but so far, it's not a looking good, say Karen Kaplan Hamlet Gasoyan Dr. Tiffani MD, MPH Fatima Cody Stanford MD MPH MPA MBA FAAP FACP FAHA Lauren A. Eberly, MD, MPH
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Individuals with a lower initial BMI may experience a smaller reduction in body fat and a greater loss of fat-free mass index after bariatric surgery. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Fascinating study by arguably one of the world’s greatest #obesity and energy experts.

I remember watching the show “The Biggest Loser” in the past. I think back at just how much weight stigma & obesity bias was sowed into the show. I think about how some of the participants regained weight & I wish they had access to the therapies we have now back then.

Two non experts displaying their lack of knowledge and expertise