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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 science, 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.

08/27/2025

Early this month, Eli Lilly and Company stock plummeted on the news of topline results with . Yesterday it soared on a second set of very similar results. Why are investors so clueless about the real potential of this drug?
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/cluelessness-about-the-potential-of-orforglipron/

08/26/2025

A new documentary from Netflix, documenting 18 seasons of exploitation on the Biggest Loser, tells us a little bit about what has changed and a lot about what has not in and stigma in 20 years.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/learning-from-18-seasons-of-exploitation-on-the-biggest-loser/

08/25/2025

Treating requires a long-term strategy for managing a chronic disease. The real benefit goes beyond weight to preventing cancer (and other complications). New data in JAMA Oncology .
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/adding-to-the-evidence-that-obesity-treatment-prevents-cancer/

08/24/2025

Will bring a radical reform to the quality of the U.S. ?

Or wind up as a tool for selling selling us more junk food embellished with a healthy halo?
HT: The Atlantic
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/think-maha-will-make-our-food-supply-better-think-again/

08/23/2025

Why are we seeing a wave of sweeping over the food industry? Maybe the hot spice can "make cheap food taste like something."
HT: The Atlantic, Marketplace Business News
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/flamin-hot-flavors-to-make-cheap-food-taste-like-something/

08/22/2025

Are we witnessing a shift in public discourse about health and weight when Serena Williams speaks on behalf of about her own challenges?
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/a-compelling-person-speaks-on-health-and-weight/

08/21/2025

Fitbits? Old & tired. The hot new thing is for all. So this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first CGM system specifically for weight management. Follow the money.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/fda-approves-a-cgm-talisman-for-weight-loss/

08/20/2025

The news of an deal with GoodRx makes it clear that GLP-1 are coming down and Novo Nordisk is still feeling a big bite from .
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/ozempic-deal-with-goodrx-compounding-and-price-pressure/

08/19/2025

Can we imagine a $5,000 penalty for relapsing breast cancer? Of course not. But after obesity surgery, a school district feels OK about a $5,000 penalty for weight regain.

Nope, is not gone. It's just sneakier.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/bias-ever-present-a-5000-penalty-for-obesity-relapse/

08/18/2025

A new editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine has us thinking that analysts who dismiss outcomes with and are missing a big shift in goals for obesity treatment. Long-term health is becoming more important than short-term weight loss alone.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/targeting-better-health-with-new-obesity-drugs/

08/17/2025

Yet another study suggests that exposure influences weight regain after treatment. Overlooking the harm of endocrine disrupting chemicals is a mistake.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/pfas-exposure-predicts-weight-gain-after-metabolic-surgery/

08/16/2025

Yesterday, became the first with an indication for . This is a big deal because it supports the understanding that treating obesity is all about long-term gains in health, not just short-term weight loss.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/08/wegovy-gets-the-ok-from-fda-for-a-mash-indication/

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