Overcoming Obesity 2022 Conference

Registration Now Open!

At Overcoming Obesity 2022, expand your skills to treat patients with obesity focusing on the OMA four pillars of obesity: Nutrition, Behavioral Modification, Physical Activity, and Pharmacotherapy. This year’s Overcoming Obesity conference will include a variety of sessions offering tools and knowledge that attendees will be able to utilize in their own practice settings. Dive into advanced techniques for developing personalized treatment plans for patients with type 1 diabetes, bipolar disorder, adolescents with obesity, and patients with limited resources. Attendees can walk away with a better understanding of how to launch or advance their obesity practice, learn skills to treat obesity in special pediatric populations, discover emerging pharmacotherapy for obesity treatment, and more. 

Join us in Anaheim, October 12-16, or at the Virtual Conference, November 2-5!

Create your own conference experience by selecting the Fall Obesity Summit only or by adding on one of our pre-conference courses. Select any of the course titles to learn more about the educational content and schedule:

• Fall Obesity Summit
• Optimizing an Obesity Medicine Practice (Pre-conference Event)
• Building an Obesity Treatment Plan: Advanced Cases (Pre-conference Event)

Meet Our Featured Speakers

Lisa Walden

Opening Speaker: Connecting Across Generations  

Lisa Walden | Friday, October 14 – 8:15am-9:15am

Robert Lustig

Industry Keynote: The BIG Picture — NAFLD, the Sentinel Disorder of Metabolic Syndrome 

Robert Lustig | Saturday, October 15 – 8:30am-9:30am 

Faith Newsome

Patient Perspective: Behind the Data: The Lived Experience of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity and Finding Common Ground 

Faith Newsome, BA | Sunday, October 16 – 7:30am-8:30am 

Utilize the Four Pillars of Obesity and Beyond

• Explore treatment options for patients with diverse backgrounds and medical conditions 
• Understand a variety of clinical applications for anti-obesity medications 
• Explore how to treat pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients in special populations
• Describe the effects of different modes of physical activity on weight loss and weight loss maintenance  
• Develop a patient-centered physical activity plan utilizing various tools and strategies to cater to your patient 
• Integrate the concepts of Motivational Interviewing into conversations with your patient 
• Analyze current evidence for the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity 
• Utilize gender specific therapies for obesity
• Optimize coding obesity medicine visits for maximum reimbursement