Posts Tagged ‘weight bias’

Increasingly, weight bias has gone underground. Explicit fat shaming has become socially unacceptable. But the human impulse behind it has not disappeared. So it pops up in diverse new ways. Like a school district that covers metabolic and bariatric surgery for employees, but requires a $5,000 copay that it refunds to employees only if they […]

YouGov released some fascinating new survey research on Friday that shows GLP-1 awareness rising sharply and a profound shift in views of obesity as this happens. Dramatic Growth in Awareness Two years ago, only 23% of U.S. adults knew “a lot” about semaglutide. Now, that number has grown to 41%. Total awareness is now up […]

For years, people living with obesity have been given the same basic advice: eat less, move more. But while this mantra may sound simple, it’s not only ineffective for many, it can be deeply misleading and damaging. Obesity is not just about willpower. It’s a complex, chronic, relapsing condition, and it affects around 26.5% of […]

People living with obesity face a heavy and often hidden burden – financial, physical, social, and psychological – embedded in health systems and extending far beyond health risks. A nationally representative U.S. study reveals that one in six adults with obesity struggles to afford healthcare, routinely skipping medications or even meals to manage cost. With […]

It is undeniable that obesity is a complex, chronic disease. When we gather people from all over the world who understand obesity, this is the number one thing everyone can agree upon. And yet, when we sit down to talk about models for health systems delivering obesity care, it is more likely that folks who […]

Obesity care is in the midst of an awkward but critical transition. Standards of care for obesity are leaking out from specialists in obesity medicine through a process of translation to the setting of primary care for the masses. Primary care for obesity will draw upon the authoritative work of organizations like Obesity Canada, The […]

New studies released yesterday at ECO2025 remind us doctors and other health professionals often miss things that are quite obvious to people living with obesity. For one thing, there is the phenomenon of food noise. It’s very real for many people with obesity. For health professionals, it can seem a bit abstract. Then there is […]

ECO2025 in Málaga, Spain, today (Sunday) started off with a sweeping review of weight bias, obesity stigma, and strategies for ending them. It’s a big ambition. But it was an honor for ConscienHealth to participate with an array of experts in the subject. The thought to take away from it is simply that progress is […]

It’s back. Weight talk about the U.S. President has returned, with reporters judging whether President Donald Trump’s reduced weight came “the hard way” or with “help.” The Daily Beast writes: “In the White House, there are whispers that the new slimline Trump used a little pharmaceutical help to lose 20 lbs since his last presidential […]

Seemingly limitless demand for obesity meds, botox, and lip fillers is driving robust growth for med spas in the U.S. The medical spa industry reports expansion from 1,600 locations in 2010 to more than 10,000 in 2023. The revenue for an average spa more than doubled to $1.4 million per spa. In 2023, that added […]