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Weighty Matters: Q&A with Obesity Expert Michael Rosenbaum

July 12, 2017

Michael Rosenbaum, MD, director of the new FIT clinic at Columbia for treatment of pediatric obesity, explains his research on weight loss and metabolism.

Women with PTSD Gain Weight More Rapidly than Women Without the Disorder

Women with PTSD gain weight more rapidly and are more likely to be overweight or obese than women without the disorder, find researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard School of Public Health.

New Link Between Obesity and Diabetes Found

Targeting an enzyme that raises both sugar and insulin levels in the obese may prevent and treat diabetes.

Columbia Honors Philipp Scherer for Helping to Define Body Fat as Major Endocrine Organ

Columbia has honored Philipp E. Scherer, PhD for helping usher in a new understanding of fat and its role in diabetes and other metabolic diseases.

Innovative Collaboration Addresses the Science of Nutrition

Drs. Rudolph Leibel and Michael Rosenbaum are members of a multi-center collaboration that plans to test competing hypotheses of obesity and weight gain.

Obesity Kills More Americans Than Previously Thought

A new study from the Mailman School of Public Health finds that obesity accounts for 18 percent of American deaths.

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