Dr. Scott Kahan

03/28/2019

This Viewpoint proposes a guideline-based approach to weight management counseling in primary care, emphasizing the need to avoid stigmatizing overweight and obesity, and the need for physician persistence in offering patients their attention, support, and individualized treatment.

10/31/2011

Later today, researchers from Yale University will present an important new study at this year’s American Public Health Association conference. Their research study shows that food companies continue to aggressively market sugary drinks and other junk foods to young children,

09/24/2011

So many recently publicized policies and prescriptions regarding weight seem to be uninformed and often stigmatizing toward people who have obesity.

09/17/2011

To be sure, obesity rates only increased over the past decade, continuing the epidemic rise that has progressed over the past half-century. But hidden underneath the scary statistics is quite a bit of good news.

05/22/2011

Check out my first article on Huff Post

Obesity is a chronic medical condition -- from a technical perspective, obesity fits any reasonable definition of disease.

02/16/2011

TEDxManhattan - Changing the Way We Eat

01/27/2011

Self-awareness, mutual trust, respect for the patient, specific advice, and recognition of the difficulty of weight loss are necessary for sensitive and effective weight counseling of patients who have previously experienced weight-based stigma in the medical setting. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bio

01/27/2011

Doctor Scott Kahan from the George Washington University weight management program joined us with more on the FDA review of the three new medications.

Dieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week. The hope is that the new drugs can succeed where many others have failed: delivering significant weight loss without risky side effects., More details on myfoxdc.com

01/27/2011

What’s healthy at Washington’s favorite sandwich spot? Scott Kahan of the George Washington University Weight Management Program has a few suggestions.

01/27/2011

Baby, it’s cold outside, but keeping warm by cranking up the heat may play a role -- albeit not a very big one -- in the current obesity epidemic, a new study suggests.

01/27/2011

Encouraging children to make healthy lifestyle changes before they reach adulthood, including regular exercise and not smoking, can help lower the children’s blood cholesterol levels and potentially reverse their risk of developing heart disease as they age.

01/27/2011

Just over one-third of American adults are obese.