Yesterday, the UK Government announced a plan to spend £40 million on a two-year pilot to explore ways to make obesity drugs accessible to patients living with obesity outside of hospital settin...
https://www.drsharma.ca/uk-to-spend-40-million-on-obesity-medication-pilot
This week, I once again presented on the need for recognising obesity as a chronic disease at the annual European Society for the Study of Obesity Collaborating Centres for Obesity (EASO-COMs) in...
https://www.drsharma.ca/time-to-change-the-obesity-narrative
Over a decade ago, together with over 120 colleagues from across Canada, representing over 30 Canadian Universities and Institutions, I helped found the Canadian Obesity Network with the support ...
https://www.drsharma.ca/the-canadian-obesity-network-is-no-more-long-live-obesity-canada
There is no doubt that some people gain weight when started on anti-depressant medications. However, it is also true that the increased appetite and listlessness that accompanies “atypical” d...
https://www.drsharma.ca/do-anti-depressants-promote-weight-gain
While at the level of the individual, clinicians are beginning to acknowledge the vast body of research now showing that “lifestyle” approaches to managing obesity (“eat-less move more”) ...
https://www.drsharma.ca/we-need-to-change-the-public-health-narrative-on-obesity
In addition to the series of article on long-term outcomes in bariatric surgery, the 2018 special issue of JAMA on obesity, also features several articles discussing the potential role of taxing ...
https://www.drsharma.ca/taxing-sugar-sweetened-beverages-to-prevent-obesity
This week, JAMA revisits obesity with a dedicated theme issue, which includes a range of articles on obesity prevention and management (including several on the impact of taxing sugar-sweetened b...
https://www.drsharma.ca/obesity-reimagined-2018-jama-theme-issue-on-obesity
10 years ago, I was enticed to take up an endowed “Chair” in obesity research and management at the University of Alberta with the task to develop and lead the fledgling bariatric program at ...
https://www.drsharma.ca/vote-of-thanks-from-the-obesity-chair
This week, I am in Tønsberg, Norway, speaking at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) Collaborating Centres on Obesity Management (COMs). This is a pan-...
https://www.drsharma.ca/european-collaborating-centres-for-obesity-management-easo-coms
The following is a guest post from my Australian colleague Dr. Georgia Rigas, who reports on the recent recognition of obesity as a disease by the Royal Australian College of General Practice (RA...
https://www.drsharma.ca/guest-post-australian-gps-recognise-obesity-as-a-disease