ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0017.15-7 | (1) | ESPEYB17

15.7. Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims

AW Brown , DG Altman , T Baranowski , JM Bland , JA Dawson , NV Dhurandhar , S Dowla , KR Fontaine , A Gelman , SB Heymsfield , W Jayawardene , SW Keith , TK Kyle , E Loken , JM Oakes , J Stevens , DM Thomas , DB Allison

To read the full abstract: Obes Rev. 2019 Nov;20(11):1523–1541. doi: 10.1111/obr.12923.This is a thoughtful position statement by a number of leading obesity researchers and statisticians. They draw attention to 10 errors that are common in the scientific literature: 1. Using self-reported outcomes and ‘teaching to the test’ (achieving better scores simply by repeat testing); 2. L...

ey0017.11-16 | Consensus Statement | ESPEYB17

11.16. Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity

F Rubino , RM Puhl , DE Cummings , RH Eckel , DH Ryan , JI Mechanick , J Nadglowski , X Ramos Salas , PR Schauer , D Twenefour , CM Apovian , LJ Aronne , RL Batterham , HR Berthoud , C Boza , L Busetto , D Dicker , M De Groot , D Eisenberg , SW Flint , TT Huang , LM Kaplan , JP Kirwan , J Korner , TK Kyle , B Laferrere , CW le Roux , L McIver , G Mingrone , P Nece , TJ Reid , AM Rogers , M Rosenbaum , RJ Seeley , AJ Torres , JB Dixon

To read the full abstract: Nat Med 2020;26(4):485–497.More than 100 medical and scientific organizations supported this international consensus statement, which describes impressively how unscientific public narratives of obesity cause weight stigma and stimulates discrimination of obese people. Consequently, the statement calls for strong policies and legislation to prevent weight-bas...