Here are the challenges faced by pediatric obesity specialists in accessing weight-loss meds approved by the FDA for weight loss in kids 12 years or older.

Recent reports show that at least three hours per day of light physical activity, which includes walking, doing chores, biking, etc., can reduce obesity.

Two recent studies found an increase in childhood obesity. Here’s what we can do to curb it, starting with the parents.

We got stressed out, we ate too much, we drank too much, and now we don’t feel very good about ourselves. Here’s what we can do to minimize stress.

A very useful resolution not only for the new year but for this holiday season we are in right now is to clear our subconscious minds of expectations.

What can one do for oneself and others? For starters, empathy is all-important.

Rules are really just a starting points on which we build our psychological houses. They are useful as reference points.

The food-as-hospitality equation is beautiful but also dangerous. Ideally hosts should refrain from goading their guests into consuming more than they wish to.

For anyone who aspires to be a worthy role model, the holiday season is the perfect time to practice all our best habits and set a good example for the kids.

Once the holidays roll around, the normal trauma level is amped up by several orders of magnitude.

Why do people feel obligated to remark on the physical proportions of their friends and relatives who are only seen a few times, or even only once, per year?

When we see those fallen victim to compulsive eating, let’s try not to be the negative relatives, or even the slightly less toxic, ostensibly positive ones.

If each and every one of us could learn to bite our tongues and not repeat that fat joke at Cousin Lizzie’s expense, the world would be a better place.

If overeating is their problem, young people who are vulnerable at any stage will certainly overeat during the holidays.

Is there anyone who hasn’t been hurt by the words of a relative or family friend, at the exact time of year when it’s supposed to all be love and light?

The holidays hold endless potential for trauma, most of it inflicted by people who sincerely want the best, and only the best, for us.

The term “the chronicity of obesity” has been brought up, and “chronic” is not a word we want to hear associated with any of our physical problems.

Do your habits serve you? If not, out with them! Continuing lifestyle intervention is not just for people who need to be fixed, but for everybody all the time.

There’s mounting evidence that with or without surgery or GLP-1 drugs, continuing lifestyle modification is the only road to ultimate victory.

The question is whether the seemingly miraculous new weight-loss drugs are enough, in and of themselves, to permanently and meaningfully change people’s lives.

The program of lifestyle intervention that comes along with bariatric surgery or GLP-1 drugs is a “forever” kind of thing.

In breaking news, Pfizer decided to halt the development of the twice-daily version of its experimental weight-loss pill due to serious side effects.

The debate centers on whether treating obesity as a chronic disease means patients should remain on these drugs long-term or if they can eventually stop.

Many people already regard semaglutide as The Answer to obesity, and there is a new wrinkle in the narrative.

Some experts lean into the idea that some people’s brains just have “different wiring” which is responsible for various brain disorders, including addiction.

Death and drinking are two more areas that interact with GLP-1 drugs and their cousins. But failing to treat obesity can also lead to suicide.

A discouraging number of lawsuits involving the new weight-loss drugs are currently underway, with potentially thousands more waiting in the wings.

A book on gaming addiction examines the moral, social, and emotional ramifications of a certain genre of electronic games.

To lose weight and keep it off, one has to make lifestyle interventions become the lifestyle, and to accomplish that is a lot more difficult than it sounds.

Can the GLP-1 drugs cure obesity once and for all, and can they possibly do so in the absence of continuing lifestyle intervention?