Healthful Vegetarian Meal Ideas – Tracy Boykin, RD
A vegetarian diet can include just as many tasty varieties as one including meat. Don’t hesitate to get creative in the kitchen.…
Comprehensive Medical Weight Loss
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Summer is almost here!
Summer is almost here. Are you ready for shorts, tank tops and swim suits? Patients at Clinical Nutrition Center lose weight quickly…
Goodbye Food Pyramid. Hello Dinner Plate.
The Obama administration has decided to ditch the food pyramid. The pyramid has been criticized for being overly complicated and not distinguishing…
What should doctors be doing to help their patients with obesity?
Even with very little time and no training in obesity medicine, the following tips can be very helpful: 1) DO NOT BLAME,…
Do health insurance companies pay for obesity treatment?
Insurance coverage remains a significant issue; however, we have seen tremendous improvements in coverage over the past several years. Most patients are…
What is CNC doing to help address obesity treatment?
At CNC, our registered dietitians have always been the cornerstone of our treatment programs. This really differentiates us from other options. Registered…
What should my goal BMI (body mass index) be?
In short, BMI was never intended to set goals for weight loss. All too often I have patients who are told they…
I heard Meridia was withdrawn from the market. What happened? What’s new in the medical treatment of obesity?
A randomized placebo controlled trial called SCOUT (Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial) was launched in 2002 and enrolled over 10,000 overweight or obese…
Is Obesity Medicine or Bariatric Medicine a specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)?
Not Yet. However, it appears likely to me that the Obesity Society (formerly NAASO – North American Association for the Study of…
