Medical experts rethink weight management’s causes, contributions, and social stigma. 

Towfiqu Barbhuiya

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Obesity rates are climbing in the United States, with Texas higher than the national average at the 30-49 percent range.

As more Americans face weight challenges, a new wave of medical understanding challenges the causes, contributions, and social stigma about weight management.

• Dr. Nik Dhurandhar
• • Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Texas Tech University
  • Editor In Chief of the International Journal of Obesity
  • Past president of The Obesity Society
• Dr. Sameer Murali
  • Obesity medicine specialist at UTHealth Houston
• Dr. Jennifer Bahrman
  • Professor of psychiatry at UTHealth Houston

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