Obesity Management in the GLP-1–RA Era

Series Description

As obesity management continues to evolve, clinicians often seek expert guidance on complex cases. This 10-episode Phone-a-Friend series features leading specialists tackling key challenges in obesity care through real-world patient cases. Topics include recognizing obesity as a chronic disease, optimizing pharmacologic and surgical interventions, discussing obesity and obesity medications with patients, integrating lifestyle and pharmacologic therapies in primary care, managing adolescent obesity, and addressing obesity-related disorders such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Additional episodes will explore topics such as the cardiovascular benefits of obesity medications, the role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in bariatric surgery, and strategies to combat racial disparities in obesity care. Designed for practical application, each episode delivers expert insights to enhance clinical decision-making.

Target Audience

The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of primary care providers (PCPs), obstetrician gynecologists (OBGYNs), functional medicine practitioners, and pediatricians involved in the treatment of patients with obesity.

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