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Silver Spring, MD, July 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Countries across the globe have generated headlines recently over their efforts to tax sugar, tobacco and alcohol...
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New Education Initiative Will Promote Specialized Physician Training in Obesity Care Across the U.S.
Silver Spring, MD, June 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Obesity Society and the Obesity Medicine Association announce the establishment of the Obesity Medicine Fellowship...
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Silver Spring, Maryland, April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While studies of weight stigma usually include women, few studies examine weight stigma in men exclusively. “In fact, while women are...
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Silver Spring, Maryland, Feb. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Many studies have established that, on average, people regard leaner females and males as more attractive. Despite these overall trends,...
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Silver Spring, Maryland, Feb. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Behavioral weight management programs have impacts not just on the person undergoing treatment but also on spouses. A new study published...
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National Harbor, MD, Nov. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN, FTOS, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at Boston...
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National Harbor, MD, Nov. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Harbor, MD: In 2012, about 28,000 new cases of cancer in men (3.5%) and 72,000 in women (9.5%) were due to overweight or obesity in...
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National Harbor, MD, Oct. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Childhood obesity has more than tripled since the early 1970s and has become one of the most pressing public health concerns of our time....
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National Harbor, MD, Oct. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thousands of top researchers, clinicians and surgeons from around the world will gather for the fifth annual ObesityWeek conference at The...
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National Harbor, MD, Oct. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thousands of leading researchers and healthcare professionals from around the world will gather for the fifth annual ObesityWeek conference at...