Gitanjali Srivastava, MD, professor of medicine, pediatrics & surgery, and the medical director of obesity medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, was nearly 10 ...

Tong Yan grew up in a Chinese-American enclave of Los Angeles in a family that revered food, but thought little of those who carried excess weight. "Definitely there was like an implicit fattist kind ...

San Antonio — Despite the prevalence of obesity in primary care, there appear to be major knowledge gaps among providers regarding obesity management, new research suggests. Anonymous surveys of 96 ...

This study aimed to compare the effect of 16-weeks of combining aerobic and strength training with a linear increase or fixed intensity on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of obese adults.

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma... Scant obesity training in medical school leaves ...