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Limit junk-food ads that contribute to childhood obesity

AMA wants legislation to limit such marketing. Physicians also call for language-appropriate sex ed for students who lack English proficiency.

Chronic Diseases
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Pennsylvania’s highest court to determine sugary-drink tax’s fate

The AMA says the tax helps lower obesity rates and that ruling against it could also jeopardize nontax initiatives to improve the public’s health.

Judicial Advocacy
Ethan Lazarus, MD
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Person-first, preventive approach needed to tackle obesity

Physicians should view obesity as they do diabetes, with a heavy focus on prevention and a nonjudgmental attitude that engages patients.

Chronic Diseases
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AMA adopts policy to help physicians, students prevent, manage obesity

The AMA today adopted policy during its Annual Meeting that will equip more medical students and physicians to prevent, diagnose and manage obesity

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Rising teen obesity rate sparks push for healthier schools

Obesity among the nation’s teens is still on the rise. A recent report calls for early-childhood and school-based policies and programs to help kids achieve and maintain healthy weights.

Chronic Diseases
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Obesity rates fall in 4 states, but overall rates remain high

With obesity rates increasing nationwide, there’s still work to be done so that millions of Americans aren’t at an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease.

Chronic Diseases
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Video: How one doctor is looking at obesity in a novel way

For one physician, treating obesity is all about taking a new approach. It’s more than just diet and exercise for many patients, she said. Her work includes investigating how patients’ environments, such as their sleep patterns, can affect their biology.

Chronic Diseases