Showing posts with label Obesity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obesity. Show all posts

State of the Art Obesity Management - Keep It Away from Primary Care

In the course of the Population Health Blog's last primary care encounter, a measurement of its height and weight determined that it was...
State of the Art Obesity Management - Keep It Away from Primary Care Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole

Is One DIet Program Better Than Another for Weight Loss?

As a doctor , the Population Health Blog was often asked by overnourished patients to help find a "best" diet.  Its advice to simp...
Is One DIet Program Better Than Another for Weight Loss? Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole

Obesity Surgery in Diabetes Mellitus: A Three Year Trial Shows High "Cure Rates." The Implications for Population Health

In case there is any doubt about the long-term efficacy of obesity surgery for diabetes, check out this three year study that was just publi...
Obesity Surgery in Diabetes Mellitus: A Three Year Trial Shows High "Cure Rates." The Implications for Population Health Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole

Time for Docs to Get Out of the Food Wars

In Food Fad Fantasyland, rotund patients can see their primary care physicians and discuss the merits of Atkins versus South Beach vs. [inse...
Time for Docs to Get Out of the Food Wars Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole

Governor Christie's Weight and How CNN Got It Terribly Wrong

Good for you, Guv! In the course of its medical career, the Disease Management Care Blog has encountered a plethora of, um, let's refer ...
Governor Christie's Weight and How CNN Got It Terribly Wrong Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole

Texting to Promote Weight Loss and in Population Health Management

Anyone who regularly attends a house of worship is certainly aware of how preachers make a point of regularly visiting parishioners while th...
Texting to Promote Weight Loss and in Population Health Management Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole

More on the Parallels Between the Sugary Beverage Ban and the Accountability Movement in Health Care

Time for some DMCB humble pie. Check out Troeltsch's perspicacious response to the Disease Management Care Blog assertion in yesterday...
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Parallels Between the Sugary Beverage Ban and the Accountability Movement in Health Care

If New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his anti-obesity way, the Big Apple will begin banning the restaurant and concession sale...
Parallels Between the Sugary Beverage Ban and the Accountability Movement in Health Care Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: nicole