Posts Tagged ‘obesity care’

Metabolic and bariatric surgery in 2026 faces a strategic fork in the road. On one path we insist that surgery as the best option for weight loss – full stop. The other positions surgery as an essential tool for achieving optimal health in people living with obesity. How we choose to frame the value of […]

We do not feel any nostalgia for “diet season.” None. Its demise was apparent two years ago. But in its place, it seems we have a telehealth GLP-1 season. Rebel Wilson is screaming at us to sign up for microdosing with a GLP-1. Put those ads together with somewhat calmer advertising from Ro and Hims, […]

The slate is clean. All is forgiven. We have a fresh new year ahead. So that has us thinking about the trends that are likely to define 2026 in obesity, nutrition, and health. Here are five that floated to the top of our mind. 1. Healthy Weight for Life We have said it before. Weight […]

This has been quite a year that we are closing out on this New Year’s Eve. As we start another new year, we will be leaving behind an ample collection of curses we suffered and blessings we enjoyed in 2025. No doubt, you have your list. So here is our own brief list of the […]

This year is quickly winding down and with it, some unpleasant memories may, thankfully, fade. But for our interest in obesity and health, 2025 has been a very eventful year of progress, with five milestones that are particular standouts. So let’s pause and celebrate this progress. 1. Global Embrace of Obesity Care Perhaps the biggest […]

On this Christmas Day, we have a simple wish. It is the wish that equitable access to obesity care, free from stigma and blame, should be available to all. Right now, that is clearly not true. And there’s a lot to suggest that the trends are headed in precisely the wrong direction. Skimming the Cream […]

News from Lilly about orforglipron this week points to what might be the next big development for GLP-1 medicines. The company announced topline results for a weight maintenance study of orforglipron and this first glimpse has us thinking that maintain might be the magic word in obesity care next year. The topline come from the […]

The unmet need for delivering obesity care at scale is indisputably great. Just thinking about it is daunting because the need is so great. It will require new thinking. One thread of that new thinking is all of the innovation in telemedicine that’s unfolding before our eyes. In Obesity this month, we see yet another […]

browser does not support iframeWe write a great deal here about obesity care. That phrase reflects the fact that obesity is a complex chronic disease typically requiring lifelong care. Not just a simple weight loss intervention. But most of the world is not thinking in those terms. And the research symposium last week at NIH […]

  Today is a day to stop and think about more than a decade of working with an exceptional leader in obesity medicine: Fatima Cody Stanford. A new PBS feature brings us to reflect upon this. In a quarter century of working in obesity, we have had the privilege of knowing and working with many […]