Is Waist Size Measurement the New Obesity Care Vital Sign?
If you struggle with excess weight, most likely your health care visits include measurements of both your weight, height, and blood pressure, as well as a calculation of your BMI...
New Report Advances the Conversation on Obesity Care
Consensus is hard. As a member of the Lancet Commission on Definition and Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity among 58 experts from around the world, our just released report aims...
Be Better, Not Perfect – a Lifelong Healthy Eating Strategy
Seeking perfection in your diet plan is a set-up for failure. A common misperception my patients struggle with is thinking they have to strive for perfection in order to eat...
Personal Weight Struggles Require a Personalized Approach
I learned long ago that generic weight loss advice doesn’t work well for most people. That’s because managing weight is personal, influenced by your likes and dislikes, health goals and...
Improving Weight Management Outcomes Beyond the Scale
We are a weight-focused society but when it comes to managing weight long term, having a weight-only narrow focus can be detrimental. Throughout my 4-decade career I have stressed the...
Can Your Cell Phone Help You Eat Better, Move More, Stress Less?
One of my yearly medical student classes I teach at Northwestern University is helping our future physicians learn behavior change strategies to improve their own health. Examples of targeted health...
Eat Healthier this Holiday Season
We all struggle with eating temptations over the holidays. The key to healthy holiday eating is to plan ahead so you feel in control to enjoy the foods you love...
It’s Saturday Night! 3 Healthy Eating Nudges to Help you Stay on Track
Your Saturday night outings may be the one day of the week when you let your guard down and don’t pay much attention to what or how much you eat....
