Obesity: A Disease

In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Dr. Kirsten Frederiksen, a highlighted speaker from the Obesity Medicine 2024 Conference session We All Win: Combining Medical-Surgical Obesity Care and chair of the Obesity Medicine Association’s Bariatric Medical-Surgical Committee. In this episode, Dr. Frederiksen will share her personal experiences in developing a combined medical-surgical obesity treatment program and address the benefits and challenges of setting up this type of care model. Episode Guests: Kirsten Frederiksen, MD, MSc, FACP, FOMA, DABOM Related Resources: We All Win: Combining Med-Surg Obesity Care  

In this episode, Executive Editor of the Obesity Medicine Association’s ‘Obesity Pillars’ online journal, Dr. Suzanne Cuda interviews Dr. Valerie O’Hara. Our experts discuss the ‘Obesity Pillars’ article Special Considerations for the Child with Obesity: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) clinical practice statement (CPS) 2024, for which Dr. Cuda and Dr. O’Hara are co-authors. Obesity Pillars is the official Gold Open Access journal of the Obesity Medicine Association, available exclusively online. Episode Guests Valerie O’Hara, DO Related Resources Obesity Pillars® Special considerations for the child with obesity: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) clinical practice statement (CPS) 2024  

In this episode, Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Chief Science Officer, Harold Bays, MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FNLA, FASPC interviews Sandra Christensen, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC, FAANP. Our experts discuss the Obesity Pillars article, Obesity, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease: A joint expert review from the Obesity Medicine Association and the National Lipid Association 2024, for which Sandra was a co-author. Obesity Pillars is the official Gold Open Access journal of the Obesity Medicine Association, available exclusively online. In our article review podcasts, we carefully select articles from the latest version of Obesity Pillars, which is devoted to the publication of clinical and evidence-based research for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care clinicians in the field of obesity medicine. Obesity Pillars can be found at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/obesity-pillars. We then discuss this new science with obesity experts. To access other resources from the clinical leader in Obesity Medicine, please visit: www.obesitymedicine.org  Episode Guests Sandra Christensen, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC, FAANP Related Resources Obesity Pillars®

In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Dr. Carl Knopke, a highlighted speaker from the Obesity Medicine 2024 Conference session Hunger, Satiety, and Mental Health: A Complex Dance. In this episode, they will discuss stress, anxiety, and depression and the role they play in the appetite regulatory process via complex hormonal pathways. Additionally, they will review possible novel treatment approaches to aid the stressed patient in losing weight.

In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Theodore Kyle, a highlighted speaker from the Obesity Medicine 2023 Conference session The Power of Putting People First: the Importance of the Language We Use. In this episode, they will discuss the importance of the language healthcare providers use and how it can potentiate the stigma that patients with obesity experience. They will review existing evidence surrounding the impact of language and communication style on weight management outcomes and discuss best practices to minimize feelings of weight stigma and weight bias during patient interactions. 

In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Dr. Kathi Earles, a highlighted speaker from the Overcoming Obesity 2023 Conference, Obesity & Health Disparities: It's A Family Affair. In this episode they will discuss institutional framework resulting in health disparities, review the impact of social determinants of health on family-centered obesity treatment for the pediatric and adult population, identify innovative strategies to apply a family-centered treatment model for patients.

In this episode Co-Authors, Dr. Harold Bays and Dr. Angela Fitch, review the article Obesity, thrombosis, venous disease, lymphatic disease and lipedema: An Obesity Medicine Association Clinical Practice Statement 2023.

In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Dr. Michelle Look, a highlighted speaker from the Obesity Medicine 2023 Conference, Early Intervention in Weight Management: Treating Pre-Obesity. Topics covered will include identifying the risks associated with pre-obesity, best practices for screening and taking a weight history, and reviewing practical treatment strategies to halt the progression of the disease. Episode Guests Michelle Look, MD, FAAFP Related Resources https://academy.obesitymedicine.org/content/overcoming-obesity-2023-early-intervention-weight-management-treating-pre-obesity-recorded#group-tabs-node-course-default1 

In this episode, Dr. Harold Bays and Dr. Carolynn Francavilla discuss their experience with prior authorizations for obesity medications including the highly effective GLP-1 medications. 

In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Dr. Marie-Pierre St Onge, a highlighted speaker from the Obesity Medicine 2023 Conference, Do Sleepy Brains Make Poor Food & Other Lifestyle Choices? Topics covered include the connection between sleep status and obesity, sleep deprivation and it's impacts on energy balance and physical activity and the benefits of improving sleep habits. Episode Guests Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD Related Resources https://academy.obesitymedicine.org/content/oma-2023-spring-summit-do-sleepy-brains-make-poor-food-other-lifestyle-choices-impact-sleep Related Resources Obesity Algorithm©