All Articles on Obesity

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  Kids need to lose weight? Set goals and work together

  Research-proven treatments for childhood and adolescent obesity exist, but they rely on regular one-on-one meetings with a trained health coach. These “behavioral” treatments are seldom available outside of research studies in specialty medical centers.
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  Families like practical wellness program

  Group Health tests behavioral treatment for obesity in real-world setting
• CCHE answers burning questions in 2 groundbreaking reports

  Group Health Research Institute’s Center for Community Health and Evaluation conducted a three-year evaluation to assess the impact of health impact assessments in the United States and to identify elements critical for success.
• Gastric bypass surgery helps diabetes but doesn’t cure it

  After gastric bypass surgery, diabetes goes away for some people—often even before they lose much weight. So does that mean gastric surgery “cures” diabetes? Not necessarily, according to the largest community-based study of long-term diabetes outcomes after bariatric surgery. For most people in the study, e-published in advance of print in Obesity Surgery, diabetes either never remitted after gastric surgery or relapsed within five years.
• Obesity research: Creating healthier families and neighborhoods

  Obesity-related illnesses cost more than $190 billion annually. Interventions that introduce healthy behaviors in one family might have a ripple effect, spreading through networks and possibly reducing health care costs.
• Obesity and depression independently increase health costs

  Obesity and depression both dramatically increase health care costs, but they mainly act separately, according to a study published in the November 2011 Journal of General Internal Medicine by Group Health Research Institute scientists.
• In study, video helps people weigh bariatric surgery pros, cons

  First randomized trial of shared decision making for weight-loss surgery.