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Consensus statement on definition and diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity published

March 7, 2022

A consensus statement on the definition and diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity was released by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), and simultaneously published in Clinical Nutrition. Faculty … Read more

John Batsis

Remarks from John Batsis on behalf of AGS

March 7, 2022

Faculty Fellow John Batsis MD served as the American Geriatrics Society representative on the Obesity and Equitable Aging Roundtable held by the National Council on Aging Roundtable last October. Last month, the National Council on Aging held a virtual meeting … Read more

Women in urban Senegal seek less biased contraceptive access

March 2, 2022

New UNC research has found that women in urban Senegal seeking family planning services tend to avoid providers with a bias that would prevent them from acquiring their preferred method of contraception. While many studies have exposed the types of … Read more

CPC Research News

Picture warnings on sodas? A promising tool to fight childhood obesity

February 1, 2022

The findings are promising: The warnings reduced parental purchases of sugary drinks for their kids by 17 percentage points.

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