Obesity Medicine

The numbers, so commonly cited, remain staggering. Obesity affects more than one in three American adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is also often associated with 236 comorbidities, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and 13 different cancers. Yet physicians and other health professionals are too often hesitant to have open discussions about obesity with patients. [Read more]

The New Year is here now, and I wanted to take a moment and share with you exciting updates for Denver residents regarding medical weight loss programs and medications for 2013. As we all know, 2012 was a very important year for medical weight loss centers around the country for several reasons including: [Read more]

Gut Hormones? What does that mean? Why do we care? Well, understanding how our bodies work provides the backbone to the science of obesity medicine. Advances in our knowledge of these hormones will provide new treatment strategies. [Read more]

For many years, Dr. Lazarus and the staff at CNC have utilized low carbohydrate diets to achieve weight loss. This remains a common practice among medical weight loss doctors. But what about long-term maintenance of weight loss? [Read more]

As part of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians medical weight loss update in Orlando this month, one lecturer, Chris Melby, presented a discussion on Fructose metabolism that is very interesting. Is High Fructose Corn Syrup the culprit behind our obesity epidemic? Is it safe? Should we be worried about consuming foods with HFCS? [Read more]