Weight loss medications are often in the news, om social media, and the topic of many conversations outside the medical atmosphere. There...

Alcohol has somehow managed to take a significant place in our society. Primarily in the form of ethyl alcohol (ethanol), it has occupied...

“Learning how to eat,” that is a goal that I sometimes hear. It is true, eating has gotten quite complicated. When did we forget how to...

Some people love exercise, some people do not. But, we all want results and to feel as good as possible when you do exercise. Many common...

Obesity is a medical disease characterized by a chronic metabolic dysregulation of energy in which there is a higher than normal weight...

For better or for worse, managing weight is a lifetime journey. Obesity Medicine is the specialty of diagnosing and managing the chronic...

Exercise is very exciting because it so quickly changes how you feel and how your body works. While all types of exercise provide...

Why is the prevalence of obesity increasing so much? Why does it seem like your weight can increase, even if you are not changing...

We have come a long way in researching and treating obesity as a disease. But, it is actually multiple subtypes of this disease. Now that...

Emotional resilience is the ability to keep your sailboat steady amid a storm. It is the ability to see adversity as temporary, and use...

Have you cut your calorie intake and reached a weight loss plateau anyway? Have you counted your calories and done the math and can’t...

There are many reasons why the regulation of energy expenditure and storage in the human body is not just a matter of “calories in,...

A common question I get is, “Doctor, I was losing weight great, then it slowed way down and stopped! I didn’t chan ge anything I was...

For many people, weight management medications are completely excluded from insurance coverage. Why can treatment for a medical condition...

A common concern people have before starting one of the new generation highly effective chronic weight management medications is that...

One in eight Americans had taken a weight loss injectable medication as of May 2024 as reported in an article  by CNN.  The article...