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Primary-care physicians leave AAFP over Coca-Cola partnership
It seems that the American Academy of Family Physicians is getting flack for its agreement with The Coca-Cola Co., under which the group is tasked with educating consumers on how Coke products fit... Read more...
Study: Doctors show less respect for obese patients, impacting care
A new journal article suggests that doctors aren't immune from societal prejudice against obesity, and may in fact harbor attitudes that cause them to treat obese patients less effectively than their... Read more...
Study: Heart health has decreased in recent years
Over past decades, rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension among Americans had been falling, but that's not the case any more, it seems. Heart health in the U.S. has taken a turn for the worse in... Read more...
Obesity prevention group releases recommendations to improve discussions, interventions
The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance yesterday announced four "targeted recommendations" geared toward bringing discussions about obesity to the forefront of the efforts for... Read more...
Obesity tied to genetic variations
Is obesity inherited or created by behavior? The question is still up in the air. However, new research suggests that in some cases, people may indeed be obese due to the genetic set they inherited.... Read more...
U.S. fails to improve on health, yet again
Apparently America is one unhealthy place to live. An annual ranking from the United Health Foundation found that the health of Americans did not improve for the fourth straight year. The main... Read more...
Study to follow children through adulthood, track illnesses
Federal scientists are getting ready to recruit for what may be one of the most ambitious studies ever in the U.S. The study, which will cost $2.7 billion, plans to follow 100,000 pregnant woman and... Read more...
AL charges state employees fees for health problems
The Alabama State Employees' Insurance Board has announced that it will go forward with a plan requiring state employees who are obese or have other health problems to make progress on those issues... Read more...
Obesity costs US employers $45 billion a year
According to an article in the New York Times, research published by the Conference Board and RTI International found that obesity costs U.S. employers an estimated $45 billion annually, but few... Read more...
MI data suggests weight-loss surgery getting safer
At least in Michigan, it appears that bariatric surgery may be getting safer. This, at least, is the conclusion suggested by first year of data collected from a registry there, maintained by a... Read more...
