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Ted Kyle and ConscienHealth work with experts to advance sound approaches to health and obesity, the biggest threat to America's health for this century.

ConscienHealth works with experts and organizations to advance sound approaches to health and obesity, the biggest threat to the health of America in this century. We advocate for evidence-based prevention and treatment. We help organizations develop strategies to advance new options from research to adoption in clinical practice and health policy. We develop strategies that are based on sound sci

ence, public policy, and a deep understanding of consumer needs. We help experts and advocates to educate the public and provide a voice for people affected by obesity.

05/30/2026

For years, the dominant narrative about health disparities has focused on race, ethnicity, income, and education. Familiar social determinants of health. But a new study in Nature Human Behavior says mistrust and political polarization are important factors.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/30/is-political-polarization-driving-health-disparities-in-the-u-s/

05/29/2026

Can a fruit fly teach us something about nutrition, homeostasis, obesity, and maybe even humility about common notions of eating healthy?
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/29/can-flies-reveal-a-bit-about-our-guts-brains-and-obesity/

05/29/2026

What can a fruit fly tell us about the nutrition, homeostasis, obesity, and maybe even a bit of humility about the notion of eating healthy?
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/29/can-flies-reveal-a-bit-about-our-guts-brains-and-obesity/

05/28/2026

In case the change in nomenclature from PCOS to PMOS leaves you wondering why, let's take a moment to consider the implications of an unfortunate old name for misunderstanding and stigma.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/28/pcos-pmos-nash-and-mash-whats-in-a-name/

05/27/2026

For folks committed to "lifestyle therapy" in obesity, medical advances for obesity pose a challenge. Contrasting views surface in sound bites from a recent JAMA summit.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/27/grudging-acceptance-of-medical-advances-for-obesity/

05/26/2026

Precision medicine for obesity is a goal for researchers in obesity care and new research suggests that it might have important implications for cancer prevention in obesity treatment.
HT: University of Gothenburg
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/26/precision-for-cancer-prevention-from-obesity-treatment/

05/25/2026

Are obesity medicines and surgery at crossed purposes? Or are we inevitably headed toward a more realistic model of chronic care for obesity? Two new papers – in JAMA Surgery & Nature Medicine – offer insight.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/25/the-intersection-of-medicine-and-surgery-in-obesity/

05/24/2026

Carlo Petrini, creator of the Slow Food movement, died this week after a lifetime of work to promote “good, clean, and fair” food for all.

In his view, food is a tool for culture, pleasure, and social justice, not a distorted form of medicine.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/24/carlo-petrini-gave-us-a-vision-of-good-food-for-all/

05/23/2026

Headlines this week confront us with an uncomfortable truth. When stock deals intersect with progress on access to obesity care, we simply have to admit it: The politics of access to obesity care are weird.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/23/the-weird-politics-of-access-to-obesity-care/

05/22/2026

The dramatic results announced yesterday by Eli Lilly and Company for retatrutide in obesity suggest that big changes in the order of things for obesity care lie ahead.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/22/retatrutide-results-suggest-a-change-in-the-order-of-things/

05/21/2026

If you participated in the ADA/OA webinar yesterday and want a copy of my slides, you can download them here:
https://conscienhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ObesityCareEnvironment.pdf

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