Roundup: What’s New in Obesity Medicine?

New developments are on the horizon for obesity medicine—are you all caught up?

World Obesity Day 2018: A Spotlight on “Fat Shaming”

New research from NORC at the University of Chicago sheds light on a sometimes lesser-recognized effect of the US obesity epidemic: “fat shaming.”

Q&A: The Benefits of Obesity Pharmacotherapy

Considering pharmacotherapy for your patient with obesity? Here’s what you should know, according to Dr Harold Bays, medical director and president of the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center in Kentucky.

Obesity and Young Adults: Starting a Meaningful Conversation About Lifestyle Modification

In this commentary, Dr Sarika Desai from Arizona Heart 360 gives advice about how to start a conversation about lifestyle modification, weight loss, and more with younger patients.

VIDEO: The "Here and Now" of Cardiometabolic Risk Management

Dr James Matera from CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ, names the key takeaways from his session at CRS 2018, "Addressing Your Patient's Cardiometabolic Risk: Management of Complex Hypertension Cases - Part Three."

Does CVD Risk Remain Elevated in Metabolically Healthy Obesity?

In a new study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, researchers aimed to determine how metabolic health status changes over time, and whether these changes affect CVD risk across various BMI categories.

PODCAST: Childhood Obesity and Depression: Exploring the Link

Dr Shailen Sutaria from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom discusses the clinical implications of his new study, which suggested that children with obesity have an increased risk for depression compared with children with overweight or normal weight.