Study finds promise in new tactic to curb obesity
An educational initiative at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine is reducing medical students’ negative attitudes toward people with obesity, a finding researchers hope will translate into better outcomes for patients struggling with weight, according to research published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. Drawing a parallel to the medical community’s approach to common mental illnesses, researchers suggest that shifting physicians’ perspective from individual responsibility to a treatable condition may finally slow decades
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