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UPDATE: Axios reports the administration has now reversed its decision that eliminated NHANES staff at CDC. It seems that tariff policy is not the only whipsaw game in town.   Pesky facts and data get in the way of policymakers who want to pursue their agenda. So should we be surprised that the critical staff […]

The World Medical Association (WMA) has just taken a significant step forward in how the world’s medical community understands and responds to obesity. Its newly adopted Statement on Obesity, approved this week at the WMA General Assembly in Porto, reframes obesity not as a social or lifestyle problem, but as a complex, chronic disease that […]

At FNCE yesterday, the Weight Management practice group presented the changing role of dietitians in weight management with remarkable clarity – something GLP-1s are bringing at a dizzying pace. Colleen Tewksbury summed up the very essence of this change, saying: “We are shifting the focus from quantity to quality of nutrition in weight management.” It […]

We have trust issues. It is true in every dimension of life today, so it should be no surprise that we face increasing skepticism about healthy eating advice. In a review of the IFIC Food and Health Survey research, one fact stands out to us. Among U.S. adults, 79% say it’s hard to know what […]

Honestly, there is so much glaring, blinding irony in the news these days that this one almost slipped by us. Costco makes its money from selling people ginormous packs of food, but now the chain is getting into the action on GLP-1s by selling them at the discounted price of $499 per month. Both Ozempic […]

In the International Journal of Obesity, obesity medicine physician and researcher Caroline Apovian offers a compelling case to favor a prediabetes indication for GLP-1s. She writes: “The approval of a GLP-1 for prediabetes will change the landscape for prevention of T2DM and its complications due to early detection. Currently, most individuals at risk of T2DM […]

Sometime between July 29 and August 27, Leanne Redman became Editor-in-Chief of Obesity, the official journal of the Obesity Society. We know this because the August issue (published July 29) lists Michael Jensen as editor. But the September issue (published August 27) lists Redman as editor. A One-Sided Grievance The only reason this came to […]

At the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons this week, six smart people debated the future of metabolic surgery versus medicines in the treatment of obesity. The interest in this debate is unmistakable. Our newsfeed is full of it. The undercurrent seems to be an implicit contest. Which is best? Which will prevail? […]

As an article of faith, many people, even some who should know better, dispense advice that sweeteners are bad for metabolic health and weight management. They rely on observational evidence and theories about how they might have subtle effects to undermine health. But no direct evidence. Now, in Nature Metabolism comes a randomized controlled study to […]

“This high-sugar fruit may actually lower diabetes risk‚” says the press release from George Mason University. Lately, breathless headlines have bombarded us with magical mango thinking about preventing diabetes with this delicious fruit. Food is medicine, right? Well, not really. Food is food. Medicine is medicine. And the study that props up these sensational headlines […]