Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Obesity may be America's number one
health problem. Yet doctors who specialize in weight management
say most physicians know very little about treating obesity,
especially now that treatments have become more sophisticated.
SAN DIEGO Obesity may be America's number one health problem.
Yet doctors who specialize in weight management say most
physicians know very little about treating obesity, especially
now that treatments have become more sophisticated. A study in
the New England Journal of Medicine last year found that the
average American has gained life expectancy because cigarette
smoking is on the decline. The bad news is the gain has been
more than offset by the problem of obesity. That's why Robert
Kushner, a medical professor at Northwestern University, wants
to help doctors learn more about treating America's new
epidemic. "Obesity affects more than nine organ systems and over
forty medical problem," he said. "So how you uniquely identify
and treat that is not known to most