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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.

11/16/2025

Forgive us, but we are not buying hype. Food is not medicine. Food is life. Good food is essential for good health. But it is not a substitute for medicine. A discerning look at data behind recent headlines.
New study in JAMA.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/really-food-is-medicine/

11/15/2025

Against a background of costs still too high for many people to bear, KFF polling tells us that use continues rising. Insurance coverage is uneven and too often yanked away. But costs are dropping and coverage trends are in the right direction.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/the-rising-use-and-falling-prices-of-glp-1-medicines/

11/14/2025

Tired, poor, huddled masses, yearning to breathe free? Those words are “inoperative” now in the U.S. State Department. New guidance from the top suggests America doesn’t want people with getting a visa enter the country.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/obesity-diabetes-or-heart-disease-america-doesnt-want-you/

11/13/2025

Would you believe that obesity stigma “permeates” medical education and thus, healthcare? Dr Kofi Essel brings this out, with a call for change, in a new study with medical students at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Kudos!
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/stigmatizing-obesity-in-medical-schools/

11/12/2025

The market is poised for dramatic growth. Is Eli Lilly and Company now the entrenched leader? Will Novo Nordisk muster the tenacity to reclaim its former leadership status? Or will an upstart push them both aside? Change is afoot.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/from-farsighted-to-flailing-as-the-obesity-market-advances/

11/11/2025

Reject the binary. Surgery delivers good and durable outcomes in . Medicines have value of their own and as a complement to surgery. Thank you, John Morton
and Wendy Brown.
HT: JAMA Network
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/surgery-plus-medicine-for-obesity-makes-things-better/

11/10/2025

Make no mistake. We are very enthusiastic about opening up access to obesity medicines. But is not the best way to make the case.
HT: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/sometimes-numbers-for-obesity-get-fuzzy/

11/09/2025

Today is a day to stop and think about more than a decade of working with an exceptional leader in obesity medicine: Fatima Cody Stanford. A new PBS feature brings us to reflect upon this.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/breakthrough-women-in-obesity-medicine-fatima-cody-stanford/

11/08/2025

So much news was swirling in and around ObesityWeek that it was really overwhelming. Here is a short list of thoughts we've taken home from the meeting. Show us yours, please.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/five-thoughts-to-take-home-from-obesityweek-2025/

11/07/2025

In yesterday's announcement of lower prices and expanded coverage for in , we have a lot to digest. Also, oral semaglutide and orforglipron are on a really fast track for approval.
Good news from Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/good-news-on-coverage-and-prices-for-obesity-medicines/

11/06/2025

At ObesityWeek, people are speculating about innovations HCPs in general practice can embrace widely. We’re getting a good look at two candidates to become the .

Orforglipron and oral semaglutide from Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/ow2025-which-of-these-orals-will-become-the-gp-glp-1/

11/05/2025

At ObesityWeek yesterday, we had a real treat in a passionate debate about the Lancet Commision report on . Sue Yanovsky, Bob Kushner, Fatima Cody Stanford, and Donna Ryan made it great. "Let's be friends," says Donna. AMEN.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/11/ow2025-a-passionate-debate-of-the-lancet-commission-report/

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