The obesity epidemic in the United States continues. In the last few years, obesity rates have
not increased significantly in some US subpopulations, but it is too soon to tell whether this …

High blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of worldwide cardiovascular disease morbidity
and mortality. Patients and clinicians dealing with hypertension have benefited from the …

Diabetes mellitus and obesity both contribute to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetic
kidney disease (DKD), and they can accelerate the loss of kidney function. Dietary intake can …

It is suggested that the former division of degenerative arthritis into idiopathic types and those
secondary to some disease process is no longer valid. Recent studies have indicated that …

… Mitchell has disclosed a grant from the National Institutes of Health, unrelated to the current
work and Suzanne Phelan has disclosed a grant from WW, International, unrelated to the …

Background Patients with Medicaid are much less likely to undergo bariatric surgery compared
to those with commercial insurance. The aims of this study were to compare outcomes …

There is tremendous interest in understanding how neighborhoods impact health by linking
extant social and environmental drivers of health (SDOH) data with electronic health record (…

In this study, for patients with mildly reduced and moderately to severely reduced kidney
function who were prescribed an LCD, their estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was …

INTRODUCTION In 2006, Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) offered its recipients access to
Weight Watchers for a nominal fee. The aim of this study was to determine the weight change …

… Dr Mitchell reported grants from National Institution on Aging outside the submitted work.
Dr Westman reported payments from weight loss books and Adapt Your Life outside the …