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Ted Kyle and ConscienHealth work with experts to advance sound approaches to health and obesity, the biggest threat to America's health for this century.

ConscienHealth works with experts and organizations to advance sound approaches to health and obesity, the biggest threat to the health of America in this century. We advocate for evidence-based prevention and treatment. We help organizations develop strategies to advance new options from research to adoption in clinical practice and health policy. We develop strategies that are based on sound science, public policy, and a deep understanding of consumer needs. We help experts and advocates to educate the public and provide a voice for people affected by obesity.

10/28/2026

In presentations and graphic summaries, Beverly Tchang, an obesity specialist at Weill Cornell Medicine, is helping explain why we will likely soon be hearing more about amylin.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/28/why-we-expect-to-be-hearing-much-more-about-amylin/

10/27/2026

We're wearing gizmos that track everything related to our health. An Oura ring can serve as a quiet signal of cognoscenti status. Clever marketing promises that more information will make us healthier. But does it?
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/27/does-all-this-tracking-make-you-healthier-and-happier/

10/26/2026

Metabolic and bariatric surgery can do a great deal to reduce the health burden of obesity. But new research says substantial weight loss does not necessarily quiet food noise or silence the stigma people have learned to direct at themselves.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/26/self-stigma-and-food-noise-after-metabolic-surgery/

10/25/2026

Two deaths. One experimental obesity drug (retatrutide). A booming black market for dubious knock-offs of peptide medicines. And RFK Jr wants to loosen restrictions on such peptides. The timing could hardly be worse.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/25/bootleg-reta-deaths-in-boom-times-for-dubious-peptides/

10/24/2026

It took five months. It's sadly incomplete. But late yesterday the American Diabetes Association admitted that having cops eject scientists from its big meeting was a mistake. They apologized to some of them and took a jab at others. Plus, ADA's board chair resigned.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/24/ada-admits-mistakes-and-issues-a-partial-apology/

10/23/2026

What is the response to uncertainty in nutrition science? In The New York Times, Sophie Haigney explores one response: the Dark Nutrition movement.

Simple answers for complex questions rarely work out.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/23/a-dark-response-to-uncertainty-in-nutrition-guidance/

10/22/2026

Why do health systems default to neglect for early signs of liver disease and obesity? A compelling new essay in Nature Medicine raises disturbing questions.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/22/waiting-for-sufficient-illness-to-offer-care/

10/21/2026

Amid roiling controversy about scientific integrity and a boycott of American Diabetes Association, the association's chief scientific officer has left abruptly and without explanation. This raises more questions than it answers.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/21/ada-chief-scientific-officer-departs-abruptly-amid-controversy/

10/20/2026

The breakfast cereal business has a problem with drooping sales. Will floofing tired old brands with protein and fiber make their sales vibrant again? Will it cure what ails you? We have doubts.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/20/will-protein-and-fiber-save-the-ailing-cereal-business/

10/19/2026

Though some businesses in obesity telehealth might deserve their ubiquitous caricature, we're a bit tired of the broad brush. Especially because new research continues to show its value.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/10/19/beyond-caricatures-of-telehealth-for-obesity-care/

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