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The Obesity Association, a division of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), has published ‘Weight Stigma and Bias: Standards of Care...

The ‘Obesity, the Big Truth’ initiative provides a framework for physicians and surgeons to work alongside patient advocates to host...

Bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) is the most durable and effective treatment for weight loss, yet only one percent of currently...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) have revealed a new initiative aimed at advancing equitable access to obesity care. ACP plans to...

Investigators from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, have concluded that way newspapers report on adolescent bariatric surgery may...

Body weight targets that stigmatise and potentially harm patients continue to be commonly used in everyday clinical practice, but are...

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...

Researchers are recommending a stronger move towards less stigmatising, standardised terminology in scientific journals and with...

While a higher percentage of White and Asian adults acknowledge the existence of weight bias in society, Hispanic and Black Americans...

A study by researchers at the University of Sunderland, UK, has reported that people living with obesity are failing to access vital...