Obesity Management

The NIH announced that it has invested $30 million over 2024 and 2025 to pilot a national primary care research network that will integrate clinical research into community-based primary care.

Patients who were prescribed phentermine after losing fewer than 20 pounds while on a GLP-1 receptor agonist were more likely to lose weight 1 year after GLP-1 discontinuation than those who were not prescribed phentermine, recent findings show.

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly all adults who lose less than 5% of their body weight with tirzepatide at 12 weeks were able to achieve at least a 5% weight loss by 72 weeks, according to a post-hoc analysis of the SURMOUNT-1 trial.

DENVER — Losing weight is good for patients’ wallets as well as their health, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses the need for clinicians who are "culturally competent" and provide evidence-based, comprehensive obesity treatment.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, emphasizes the need for obesity medicine physicians and primary care physicians to work together on a patient's treatment.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, describes the thorough evaluation of each obesity patient to create a treatment plan tailored to their specific needs.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses factors that may contribute to weight gain and how physicians can address and manage these factors, even prior to a patient gaining weight.

DENVER — Individualized care is critical for treating childhood obesity, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.