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4 Min Read

What doctors want patients to know about obesity during the pandemic

People with obesity are at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19. An obesity medicine physician offers advice to help.

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Chronic Diseases
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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4 Min Read

How to fight rising obesity, hypertension during a pandemic

NIH experts say it starts with understanding how the places where patients live, work, shop and play contribute to health inequities.

Prevention & Wellness
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4 Min Read

Streamlined approach helps physicians keep up with obesity education

With educational conferences cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19, discover these new resources to help you remain current on obesity medicine.

Chronic Diseases
Fatima Cody Stanford
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11 Min Read

Ending the obesity shame game

Obesity medicine specialist Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, is campaigning to change the health system and a culture where too often body appearance comes first, and people come last.

Chronic Diseases
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5 Min Read

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Feb. 24, 2020

In the news: Updates on COVID-19 in the U.S., Title X decision gags physicians, cognitive decline in widowed adults, 42% of U.S. adults have obesity.

Publications & Newsletters
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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.

Prevention & Wellness
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3 Min Read

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.

Chronic Diseases
Damani Mcintosh-Clarke
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3 Min Read

Damani Mcintosh-Clarke: 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.

Leadership
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3 Min Read

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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"Shadow Me" Specialty Series