ConscienHealth

04/07/2026

In new dietary guidance, the American Heart Association begs to differ with some of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's messaging on a healthy diet. Will the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and AHA work collaboratively on points of agreement? Or will a hearty appetite for controversy take over?
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/07/aha-guidance-on-plants-meat-and-saturated-fat/

04/06/2026

In new clinical guidance, the Endocrine Society says Lancet Commission work on is a meaningful advance, but has practical issues. The lead author on the Lancet work, Francesco Rubino, says they're mistaken.

Clearly, though, dialogue and refinement are needed.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/06/unfinished-business-in-diagnosing-clinical-obesity/

04/05/2026

For the second year in a row, our president is planning massive cuts to science that will only accelerate the in American science unfolding right before us. This is a path that leads to economic stagnation and a dearth of innovation.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/05/an-american-brain-drain-in-science-unfolds/

04/04/2026

True to the spirit of “My Dog’s Better Than Your Dog,” Novo Nordisk pushed out PR spin based on a “simulated treatment comparison” to claim that its Wegovy tablets are better than Foundayo tablets from Eli Lilly and Company. Pass the grain of salt, please.🙄
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/04/competition-and-the-fiction-of-a-best-obesity-treatment/

04/03/2026

Headline: Billions of dollars in cost
Study: Cost savings
From JAMA and Bloomberg we have a jolting case of headline vs. study in health economics. 👀
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/03/headline-vs-study-economics-edition/

04/02/2026

The first ever non-peptide GLP-1 agonist just received approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Eli Lilly and Company. What will (orforglipron) and the competition with Wegovy tablets bring to obesity care? We have some ideas.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/02/what-will-approval-of-foundayo-glp-1-tablets-bring/

04/01/2026

GLP-1s might be on the cusp of pulling off their biggest miracle yet. A new study in the Journal of Global Metabolic Systems says global utilization of GLP-1s has the potential to reverse climate change.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/01/new-analysis-says-glp-1s-will-reverse-climate-change/

03/31/2026

A global crisis in food prices and insecurity is taking shape as a result of the war in Iran instigated by the U.S. and Israel. Fuel prices are hitting agriculture hard all over the world and fertilizer is putting a big pinch on production.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/03/31/get-ready-for-a-crisis-in-food-prices-and-insecurity/

03/30/2026

At the Obesity Canada - Obésité Canada Summit, patients, clinicians, and advocates delivered a simple but powerful message: obesity care needs to aim for goals beyond weight loss – for better health.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/03/30/setting-goals-beyond-weight-at-the-oc-summit/

03/29/2026

Who's up for a big, messy food fight?

This administration figures it might be more popular than it was to burn down the CDC and rip up vaccine policies. Now, if only we can agree on the righteous way to eat, we might get somewhere.

Increasingly, the focus of health policy in this administration is to turn up the heat on a national food fight. Will it make us healthier?

03/28/2026

Obesity experts continue to debate frameworks for diagnosing obesity, this week at the Canadian Obesity Summit. But we have to ask, how helpful is this debate?
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/03/28/how-can-diagnosing-obesity-be-so-hard/

03/27/2026

Think the link between and is all about inflammation? Think again. New scientific findings in Cancer Research tell a more complete story.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/03/27/a-new-explanation-for-obesity-related-cancers/