All Articles on Obesity

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  Watch our new video, ‘Research for the rest of us’

  Drs. Neely Williams and David Arterburn talk about how important patient involvement is to the PCORnet Bariatric Study.
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  Diabetes is more common among minorities at lower weights

  At normal weight, Pacific Islanders are 3 times likelier than whites to have diabetes, Kaiser Permanente research finds
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  Phentermine for weight loss seems safe, effective longer term

  Dr. David Arterburn explains reassuring findings about the nation's most widely used anti-obesity drug.
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  How should we study the health of neighborhoods?

  UW/KPWHRI research team confers with King County organizations at its "Moving to Health" Summit, sparking new collaborations.
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  10 ways we made a healthier world in 2018

  Kaiser Permanente Washington research tackled problems like obesity, suicide—and care that doesn’t promote health
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  What motivates Dr. David Arterburn to study obesity?

  Kaiser Permanente Share profiles KPWHRI senior investigator, who also researches shared decision making
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  Gastric bypass surgery is best for weight loss for severe obesity

  Largest long-term national study of bariatric surgery, comparing 3 most common operations, is among first PCORnet® results