How to Advise Your Patients
Health concerns have swirled around low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCSs) for more than a century. Even now, research findings regularly contradict each other. Despite low certainty overall, in 2023, the World Health Organization suggested they not be used “as a means of achieving weight control or reducing the risk of noncommunicable diseases.” There wasn’t enough […]
How to Help Patients Lose Weight After Menopause
Unwanted weight gain is a common problem for women after menopause. Primary care clinicians have likely heard from patients that attempts at shedding extra pounds are not working. Nearly three fourths of women aged 60 years and older in the United States are overweight. Some may blame menopause for this trend. But the life stage […]