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Caloric Intake
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Caloric Intake
Nutritional Pearl: For Breakfast, It's Not How Much You Eat, But What You Eat
01/24/2023
01/24/2023
Diabetes Q&A
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Diabetes Q&A
What Is Prediabetes, and How Can Clinicians Best Help Patients?
01/23/2023

Kim A. Carmichael, MD1

Kim A. Carmichael, MD1
Prediabetes is associated with serious metabolic issues, including insulin resistance, increased inflammatory mediators, greater hepatic glucose output, and endothelial vasodilator and fibrinolytic...
01/23/2023
Childhood Obesity
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Childhood Obesity
New Pediatric Obesity Treatment Guidelines Recommend Early, Intensive Treatment
01/17/2023
01/17/2023

Interactive Features

Caloric Intake
Fruit bowl with avocado and orange juice.
Caloric Intake
Nutritional Pearl: For Breakfast, It's Not How Much You Eat, But What You Eat
01/24/2023
01/24/2023
Metabolic management
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Metabolic management
Nutritional Pearl: The Effects of Taking a Short Walk on Health
12/06/2022
12/06/2022
Diet
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Diet
Nutritional Pearls: A Further Look at the Risks of Fried Foods
11/30/2022
Your patient is a 49-year-old woman who is worried about recent weight gain. She tells you she is considering cutting some foods out of her diet entirely, and she's wondering what foods to choose.
11/30/2022
Exercise
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Exercise
Nutritional Pearls: Keeping the Weight Off Requires Less Exercise Than You Might Think
11/22/2022
A 41-year-old woman presents to your office with a recent history of a 9-kg weight loss. She asks you about the best ways to keep the weight off.
11/22/2022
Nutrition
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Nutrition
Nutritional Pearls: Still No Good Evidence for Herbs for Weight Loss
10/25/2022
Your patient is a 46-year-old man who has struggled in the past with sustained weight loss. He asks if there are any supplements that he could be taking that would make his efforts more effective.
10/25/2022

Clinical Insights

Endocrinology
Carol Kirkpatrick, PhD, RDN, MPH, CLS, FNLA
Endocrinology
The NLA’s Recommendations for Low-Carb and Very-Low-Carb Diets
06/22/2022
06/22/2022
Weight Loss
Christopher Still, DO
Weight Loss
De-Myth-Defying Weight Loss
06/15/2022
Christopher Still, DO, director of Geisinger Obesity Institute, shares common questions he receives from patients about weight loss, as well as the impact of fad diets, unregulated supplements, and online...
06/15/2022
Vitamins and Dietary Supplements
Vitamins and Dietary Supplements
The Benefits and Harms of Supplements
02/03/2022
Consultant360 spoke with Cydney E. McQueen, PharmD, who talked about the benefits, harms and regulation practices of supplement use.
02/03/2022
Weight Loss
Christopher Still, DO
Weight Loss
Common Obstacles to Weight Loss
01/15/2022
Christopher Still, DO, director of Geisinger Obesity Institute, names common challenges patients encounter when it comes to changing their eating habits, and how providers can positively engage patients to...
01/15/2022
Weight Loss
Weight Loss
Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, on the Role of FMT in Weight Loss
10/10/2019
Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, answers our questions about her study on the impact of fecal microbiota transplant from lean donors on metabolically normal people with obesity.
10/10/2019