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What patients should know about losing weight—and keeping it off

Learn how a low-carb diet can facilitate both short-term weight loss and long-term weight maintenance.

Prevention & Wellness
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Can an apple a day keep type 2 diabetes at bay?

Moderate consumption of whole fruits can cut five-year risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more than one-third—but skip the fruit juice.

Prevention & Wellness
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of July 19, 2021

In the news: Delta variant 83% of U.S. cases, heart failure linked to cancer risk, red meat and coronary heart disease, COVID vaccines effective against Delta variant.

Publications & Newsletters
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Pieter Cohen, MD, explains dietary supplements & regulations

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Pieter Cohen, MD, about dietary supplements and regulations.

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Prevention & Wellness
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Stanford experts’ diet advice can help your patients eat smarter

Learn with the AMA about what to tell your patients regarding the food-health connection, why home cooking matters and how to navigate the supermarket.

Prevention & Wellness
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Don’t sever public assistance that helps sustain health

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families must be protected and extended, especially amid pandemic-related job losses.

Prevention & Wellness
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5 Min Read

AMA announced policies adopted on final day of Special Meeting

Welfare work requirements, immigration, vaccine privacy & more covered.

Press Releases
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Stating facts on sugary-drink labels isn’t free-speech violation

San Francisco wants sugar-sweetened beverage ads to carry obesity, diabetes warnings. AMA Litigation Center tells a federal court the law should stand.

Judicial Advocacy
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8 terms every physician should know about prediabetes

Learn about diabetes prevention programs, the M.A.P. framework and other key terms all physicians should know about prediabetes.

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Prevention & Wellness
Terms Every Doctor Should Know