obesity
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Other obesity specialists, like Tirissa Reid, an endocrinologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University, said it can take at least three months to see how well someone is going to respond to treatment.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Magkos and Stefan say the evidence should encourage people with overweight or obesity not to abandon efforts to lose weight simply because maintaining weight loss can be difficult.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
In the haste to disrupt the obesity epidemic, weight loss has been treated as the singular, undisputed metric of success, which experts say is problematic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
"Once you properly account for pre-existing health conditions, aging, and overall exposure to obesity, the supposed harmful effects of weight cycling largely disappear," explains Prof. Stefan.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
In the long run, however, these cheap calories come with a high price tag: obesity, Type II diabetes, heart disease.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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