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Obesity
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Diabetes

6 lifestyle changes patients with obesity, prediabetes should make

Lifestyle changes can help patients with obesity and prediabetes. Here are some changes patients can make to reverse prediabetes.

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Public Health

How anti-obesity bias hinders patients' lifestyle change efforts

Weight bias and stigma can worsen health outcomes in patients with obesity. Here is what physicians should know.

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Leadership

Members Move Medicine: Targeting “obesogenic” environment in U.S.

This country makes it harder for people to avoid obesity. AMA member and third-year medical student Damani Mcintosh-Clarke is working to change that.

Specialty Profiles

What it’s like to specialize in obesity medicine: Shadowing Dr. Stanford

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, feels that there is nothing more gratifying than to see patients have an improved outlook on life when they achieve a healthier weight.

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Diabetes

Cat videos, Coke and other habits you should advise your patients against

People are watching less TV spending more time on the computer or mobile phone, while kids don’t drink enough water. Advise your patients about these and other unhealthy habits.

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Public Health

Why added-sugar nutrition labeling could save lives, money

Revised labels calling out a food product’s added sugar content should create huge benefits to the nation’s health and economy—if consumers understand and use the information.

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Public Health

Adult obesity rates rise in 6 states, exceed 35% in 7

Report documents record number of obese adults and children. Find out which states, and which demographic groups, have links to higher obesity rates.

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Leadership

Members Move Medicine: Reducing the obesity stigma

AMA member and medical student Lauren Benning aims to take a practical, nonjudgmental approach to treating obesity.

Diabetes

Looking at global perspectives for diabetes prevention

Charles Alessi, MD, chief clinical officer for HIMSS International, details the importance of a global perspective in preventing diabetes.

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Diabetes

Targeting populations to overcome barriers in diabetes prevention

This ACO’s integrated, community-based approach to helping their patients with diabetes and prediabetes has reaped rewards and can serve as a model.

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