Medical experts rethink weight management’s causes, contributions, and social stigma.
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Obesity rates are climbing in the United States, with Texas higher than the national average at the 30-49 percent range.
As more Americans face weight challenges, a new wave of medical understanding challenges the causes, contributions, and social stigma about weight management.
- Dr. Nik Dhurandhar
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- Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Texas Tech University
- Editor In Chief of the International Journal of Obesity
- Past president of The Obesity Society
- Dr. Sameer Murali
- Obesity medicine specialist at UTHealth Houston
- Dr. Jennifer Bahrman
- Professor of psychiatry at UTHealth Houston
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