A Guide to Obesity Prevention and the Outcomes
Published Date: December 7, 2022Nermeen Asham, BScN, RN, and the Obesity Medicine Association have created an infographic guide for Obesity Prevention and the Outcomes. It is intended to be…
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Patient Assessment and Evaluation
Is BMI Outdated?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…
OMA’s Four Pillars: The Bedrock of Obesity Management and Treatment
Published Date: June 17, 2021Pre-obesity (BMI 25.0 kg/m² – 30.0 kg/m²) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²) continue to be on the rise worldwide. They are complex and multifactorial…
Evolutionary Biology of Obesity: NotByChoice™
Published Date: March 31, 2021Obesity is a public health crisis of pandemic proportions. The pervasive stigmatization of individuals affected by obesity undermines obesity intervention efforts. Obesity bias and discrimination…
Understanding Unmet Needs in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
Published Date: December 23, 2020Significant advances in genetic research are enabling us to learn more about the complex factors that can influence the balance between energy intake and expenditure…
Obesity Medicine Association Announces Major Updates to its Pediatric Obesity Algorithm
Published Date: October 20, 2020Updates help clinicians address chronic disease of obesity, identified as the most common cause of prevalent patient conditions DENVER, Colo., Oct. 20, 2020 —The Obesity…
Genetic Testing: Uncovering the Underlying Cause of Severe Obesity
Published Date: October 19, 2020Recent advances in genetic research have helped broaden the understanding of genetic factors that can lead to early-onset, severe obesity and an insatiable hunger called…
Overcoming Obesity 2020 – Virtual Speaker Series: Q&A with Dr. Verlyn Warrington
Published Date: October 6, 2020The fall conference is almost here, and this year, we’re going entirely virtual. We hope you will join us from the comfort of home for…
OMA President-Elect Responds to Dr. Akshay B Jain’s article, “Obesity and the Bitter Pill of Truth”
Published Date: September 28, 2020The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) would like to commend Dr. Akshay B. Jain on the excellent article in Medscape , “Obesity and the Bitter Pill…
All Obesity is Not the Same: Recognizing Genetic Causes of Obesity
Published Date: September 25, 2020There have been significant advances in research focused on understanding how genetics influence body weight in recent years. Severe obesity is caused by a wide…