How Much Weight is Okay to Gain During Pregnancy?
I recently saw a patient, named Elaine who recounted to me how her weight problems began. She said that while she had struggled with diets and efforts to maintain her weight, she was always able to...
View ArticleFighting back against injuries or health conditions that “cause” weight gain
Fairly often, people will tell me that a health condition they have “caused” their weight gain. For example, a disturbingly common phenomenon is that somebody who was maintaining a reasonably healthy...
View ArticleAnti-Psychotic Drugs Cause Weight Gain In Adolescence
Recent reports offered some disturbing news: a series of drugs commonly prescribed to treat mental health conditions in adolescence cause weight gain as a side effect. This is not terribly surprising...
View ArticleToo Fat To Fight?
Recently some of the U.S. High Command, some of our top generals, has reported that the number one medical reason for our military personnel being unfit to serve in the military is you guessed it,...
View ArticleBRAIN HARDWIRING APPEARS TO INFLUENCE WEIGHT GAIN
In a fascinating study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by Tamas Horvath at the Yale School of Medicine has published findings that indicate our...
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