Take part in this interactive video-based activity that has been engineered to support your learning! Join obesity medicine experts to learn about why obesity is so difficult to treat. Learn through a combination of video, questions, pop-up teaching points, and downloadable resources. Faculty will describe the physiology of obesity as a disease, including the role of appetite regulators. Through this activity, you will have access to a resource library that includes slides, abstracts, and practice tools selected by the faculty, and which can be downloaded for future reference.

Take part in this interactive video-based activity that has been engineered to support your learning! Join obesity medicine experts as they discuss pharmacologic options are approved for long-term treatment of obesity. Learn through a combination of video, questions, pop-up teaching points, and downloadable resources. Faculty will describe the indications for anti-obesity medications and review guidelines for appropriate use of these medications, so you can feel comfortable incorporating these options into your practice. With this activity, you will have access to a resource library that includes slides, abstracts, and practice tools selected by the faculty, and which can be downloaded for future reference.

Take part in this interactive text-based activity that has been engineered to support your learning! Excerpted from the 2021 Obesity Algorithm published by the Obesity Medicine Association, this interactive document on motivational interviewing for patients with obesity is curated with pop-up learning moments by family physician and obesity medicine expert Nicholas Pennings, DO.

Take part in this interactive video-based activity that has been engineered to support your learning! Join obesity medicine experts as they discuss how stigma and bias act as barriers to effective to obesity treatment. Learn through a combination of video, questions, pop-up teaching points, and downloadable resources. Faculty will offer practical strategies you can implement to make your office more weight friendly and improve clinical encounters. A patient suffering with obesity will also share her experience working with healthcare professionals and offer insight into how clinicians can improve their care for this patient with obesity. Throughout this activity, you will have access to a resource library that includes slides, abstracts, and practice tools selected by the faculty, and which can be downloaded for future reference.

Obesity is the most prevalent chronic disease of the modern era in the U.S. and around the world, affecting both the adult and pediatric population. Although many believe that helping patients to achieve a healthy weight is of minimal complexity, weight regulation and management is a challenging endeavor. In this talk, Dr. Cody Stanford will explore the complexities of obesity and offer a range of strategies (behavioral, therapeutic, and surgical) to help you in the quest to address overweight and obesity in your practice.

What do primary care providers need to know about pediatrics? Join expert faculty as they review important questions they get asked about childhood obesity, autism, and food allergy!

Obesity is a serious chronic illness that requires long-term management; however, it is also drastically underdiagnosed and undertreated. Arm yourself with a concrete understanding of the physiologic factors that contribute to obesity so that you can effectively manage this disease and prevent comorbid conditions. Hear strategies for developing personalized treatment plans based on current and emerging pharmacotherapies. Most importantly, identify biases that may be hindering your care of patients with obesity.

Given that 9 out of 10 people with diabetes also suffer from overweight or obesity, it is important for PCPs to take a holistic approach to treatment rather than solely a glucocentric approach. This activity helps you understand the benefits of weight loss as a key therapeutic strategy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the importance of early treatment intensification to improve long-term outcomes. You’ll also walk away from this session with a firm grasp of the role incretins play in the pathophysiology of T2DM, obesity, and other metabolic conditions and the latest clinical trial evidence behind incretin-based agents.

1. Review obesity and diabetes trends and health disparities in the US 2. Review body image and perception differences by race/ethnicity 3. Describe best practices in the treatment of diabetes in African Americans 4. Examine the difference in HbA1c interpretations in African Americans and related clinical considerations