Current Issues Regarding Obesity Treatment and Chronic Weight Management

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Obesity experts Drs. Apovian and Kushner delve into the complex and undertreated disease of obesity, addressing the importance of weight loss and chronic weight management. They discuss obesity as a chronic disease with its pathophysiologic basis, associated cardiometabolic risks, treatment options including pharmacotherapy, focusing on incretin-based medications, optimizing weight loss and maintenance, and how to approach patients about obesity. Case studies are utilized in which the faculty share their experiences to individualize patient management so as to improve long-term weight-related health outcomes.

This program is also available as a podcast. You may download it here:https://anchor.fm/chronicweightmanagement

Course Credit:

1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
1.25 ANCC Contact Hours
0.25 Pharmacology Hours

Dates:

Opens: 2022-03-31
Closes: 2023-03-31

Target Audience:

This activity was developed for cardiologists, endocrinologists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare providers who treat patients’ obesity and other commonly associated diseases.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.

Accreditation and Certification

The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
A maximum of 1.25 contact hours, including 0.25 pharmacology hours, may be earned for successful completion of this activity.

Additional Content Planners

Jennifer Champagne, PharmD, BCPS (Medical Writer)
No significant relationships to disclose.

Eugene Cullen, MD (Peer Reviewer)
No significant relationships to disclose.

Amber Lea Lambert, MSN, FNP-C, DNP (Nurse Reviewer)
No significant relationships to disclose.

Annenberg Center for Health Sciences

Staff at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

All of the financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

    Presenting Faculty

  • Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

    Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Member of the Faculty
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

  • Robert Kushner, MD, MS, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

    Professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Education
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Director, Center for Lifestyle Medicine
    Northwestern Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize obesity as a chronic disease
  • Describe the impact of obesity on cardiovascular comorbidities often associated with obesity
  • Select patients for whom pharmacotherapy would be appropriate
  • Individualize treatment based on patient’s cardiovascular risk and other patient factors in order to promote long-term maintenance of weight loss

Faculty Disclosures

Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

Advisory Board: Abbott Nutrition, Allergan, Inc, Altimmune, Inc, Bariatrix Nutrition, Cowen and Company, LLC, Curavit Clinical Research, EnteroMedics, Gelesis, SRL., Janssen, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc, L-Nutra, Inc, Novo Nordisk, Inc, Nutrisystem, Real Appeal, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Roman Health Ventures, Inc, SetPoint Health, Scientific Intake Limited Co, Tivity Health, Inc, Xeno Biosciences and Zafgen Inc.

Research Support: Novo Nordisk


Robert Kushner, MD, MS, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

Advisory Board: Novo Nordisk, Weight Watchers

Research Support: Epitomee