Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, along with her colleagues, addresses the new clinical definition of obesity, misconceptions related to weight loss, obesity as a chronic disease, weight bias and stigma, challenges to accessing effective obesity care, and treatment options, including surgery and the new GLP class of medications.
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Breakthrough Women in Science & Medicine: Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford
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