December 13, 2022
Socioeconomically disadvantaged people fare better at losing weight when they are given modest financial incentives, a new study by a University of Florida鈥�
College of Medicine, +2 more
Authors: Maggie Dungey and Madelyne Egan Obesity is a complex disease and one that many people struggle with. More than one-third of adults in the United鈥�
Eittel E. Oppenheimer, MD, a board-certified gastrointestinal surgeon in the University of Florida Department of Surgery, provides an expert鈥檚 perspective on鈥�
November 9, 2021
Friends and family gathered at Amy Westman鈥檚 July 24 baby shower. Gifts and balloons and bursts of blue brightened the room. Blue cupcakes. Blue bows and鈥�
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, +3 more
February 20, 2019
Judy Jones was a little nervous telling her University of Florida Health surgeon about her ambitious goal. She underwent open heart surgery for a faulty heart鈥�
Department of Surgery, +4 more
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, is a serious progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Percutaneous liver biopsy is currently the gold standard鈥�
Calorie restriction without malnutrition has been shown to impart a number of health benefits in addition to weight loss in overweight adults. However, many鈥�
January 8, 2019
Starting to slip with your New Year鈥檚 resolution to exercise more? A new University of Florida study may provide some motivation. Researchers have found that鈥�
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, +4 more
Kimberly Willoughby never felt good enough. Too short. Too overweight. She believed that everyone else deserved a good life, but not her. It鈥檚 taken her many鈥�
April 19, 2018
Current guidelines call for adults with high body mass index, or BMI, to be screened for prediabetes and diabetes. But under these recommendations, physicians鈥�
College of Public Health and Health Professions, +2 more
