Cultural Healthy Eating Guides
Published Date: August 29, 2023The Obesity Medicine Association, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, has created a number of cultural Healthy Eating Guides to be a resource to clinicians to…
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Diversity & Inclusion
The Influence of Food Insecurity on Obesity: A Call to Action
Published Date: June 30, 2023Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are defined as “the conditions in the environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age that…
Does Class III Obesity Qualify as a Disability?
Published Date: June 20, 2023As societies confront the complexities of obesity, questions about the classification of obesity as a disability have come to the forefront. Disability, traditionally understood as…
Women’s Mental Health and Obesity
Published Date: May 11, 2023Obesity is a complex disease that affects a large proportion of the global population. While obesity is often linked to physical health problems such as…
A Veteran’s Life Toward Reclaimed Health: A 250 Pound Weight Loss Story
Published Date: November 10, 2022United States Army Veteran Michael Smith has a great deal to be proud of these days. He walks a mile every Saturday, he can collect his groceries from the…
Pediatric Obesity Research Update | Obesity and Hispanic Children and Families
Published Date: September 26, 2022Each month, the OMA Pediatric Committee reviews a pediatric-focused obesity research update to help keep you up to date about the latest findings. This month’s addresses obesity…
Social Stigma of Obesity – How to Manage in a Clinical Setting
Published Date: July 7, 2022Bias, stigma, and frank discrimination against persons living with obesity are widespread in our society. We are bombarded with ever-increasing direct and indirect messages praising…
Is BMI Outdated? An Analysis of Body Mass Index and Health
Published Date: February 24, 2022Does your health care provider talk to you about your Body Mass Index (BMI) and do you know what it really means? Widely criticized as…
Where Do We Go From Here: Impact of Racism & Racial Disparities on Obesity Rates in African Americans & Clinical Implications
Published Date: January 20, 2022The past few years were filled with many emotions as we adjusted to living through the COVID-19 pandemic. In the US we were also forced…
Understanding Pre-obesity and Overweight in the LGBTQ+ Community
Published Date: November 11, 2021LGBTQ, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning, as the acronym suggests, is a large minority group in the United States that also…