Obesity Management

Many patients who cardiologists see have obesity, which has become widely prevalent in the United States.

The term “weight loss” is everywhere these days.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Scott Kahan, MD, MPH, about explicit and implicit weight bias, which can cause physicians to treat patients differently because of their weight.

CHICAGO — In this video, Healio Primary Care Peer Perspective Board Member Alan Dow, MD, MSHA, FACP, reviews highlights from various presentations that he attended during the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

The foods we eat can affect our risk for developing certain types of cancer. Obesity can increase the risk for some cancers, meaning that a varied diet of nutritious foods may help prevent cancer.

Combination therapy is usually the best option to treat obesity, but it may take multiple attempts until the right combination is found, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association fall conference said.

For patients with obesity, medical management options offer a new opportunity for successful treatment.

Losing 15% of body weight should be a primary treatment goal for most people with type 2 diabetes and could help lead to diabetes remission, according to two speakers.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to rise in the United States and globally at an alarming rate. By 2025, data from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration suggest 18% of men and 21% of women globally will have obesity.

Despite weight-loss benefits for secondary CHD prevention, obesity management remains prevalent and challenging, especially among women and younger individuals, according to study findings.