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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.

12/29/2025

“Obesity, in particular, stands out as a modifiable risk factor,” says a recent article on modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for breast cancer. Why is this phrase, so often used to define obesity, such an irritant?
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/29/the-problem-with-obesity-as-a-modifiable-risk-factor/

12/28/2025

New research from Sylvia Hristakeva at Cornell University in the Journal of Marketing Research has us thinking it's very likely that will indeed reshape and marketing.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/28/no-foolin-glp-1s-will-likely-reshape-food-markets/

12/27/2025

This was a year of great change in nutrition, physical activity, and wellness. RFK Jr. and his MAHA agenda came in with the new administration, “guns-a-blazing.” The result has been some very interesting cross-currents and attention-grabbing headlines.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/the-five-biggest-stories-of-2025-in-nutrition-and-physical-activity/

12/26/2025

What were the biggest in this year? We offer you five standouts.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/five-big-milestones-in-2025-that-matter-for-obesity-and-health/

12/25/2025

There's news today on access to obesity care that gives us cause to hope for equitable to for all – free from stigma and blame.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/a-christmas-wish-equitable-access-to-obesity-care/

12/23/2025

Perhaps the most interesting story for 2026 got started yesterday with FDA approval of tablets for . Will this headstart for Novo Nordisk give them a sustainable lead over Eli Lilly and ?
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/a-wegovy-tablet-for-obesity-gets-fda-approval-and-a-headstart/

12/22/2025

2025 is drawing to a close, giving us a chance to reflect upon the news we've posted this year that drew your attention. Here are the five most-read stories of this year.

Thanks for noticing.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/the-five-stories-most-read-in-2025-on-conscienhealth/

12/21/2025

Reflecting on the year that's quickly passing, The New York Times taps into the of 14 Americans whose lives and health have been reshaped by medicines in 2025.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/a-sober-reflection-on-life-changing-obesity-medicines/

12/20/2025

Toplines from the Eli Lilly and Company oral GLP-1 tablet are making us think might be the magic word in next year. Losing weight is (relatively) easy. Keeping it off is where the challenge for better health lies.

HT:
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/will-maintain-be-the-magic-word-in-obesity-care-next-year/

12/19/2025

In the Washington Post, headlines tell us can give us a "younger brain," based on research that hasn't been peer-reviewed and did not study exercise. Hype does not help anyone.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/can-muscle-mass-give-us-a-younger-brain/

12/18/2025

For diet-related diseases – esp obesity – a great deal of attention goes toward in comparison to the . Think about all the effort that goes into nudging people toward healthier diets. Labels? Dietary Guidelines?

Is there a skew?
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/shall-we-focus-on-demand-or-supply-in-food-systems/

12/17/2025

Yesterday in Annals of Internal Medicine, a new risk-stratified analysis found that different people get different benefits from limiting . Cue the all-or-nothing and another painful assault on the nuance of nutrition science.
https://conscienhealth.org/2025/12/nuance-is-the-victim-in-a-war-on-the-science-of-saturated-fat/

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