
Donna Ryan, MD, highlights how the media has helped to reframe obesity as a chronic disease and how antiobesity drugs are transforming metabolic disease treatment.

Donna H. Ryan, MD, is professor emerita at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and past president of The Obesity Society.

Donna Ryan, MD, highlights how the media has helped to reframe obesity as a chronic disease and how antiobesity drugs are transforming metabolic disease treatment.

When asked about her 3 wishes for the future of obesity care, Donna Ryan, MD, told Patient Care that she had just one: access.

Donna Ryan, MD, discusses the most significant clinical trials published this year in the field of obesity medicine.

Donna Ryan, MD, highlights exciting advancements in weight loss and metabolic treatments, particularly involving GLP-1 RAs and related therapies.

The future of obesity medicine is filled with promise as GLP-1 RAs and other peptides continue to demonstrate pluripotency in metabolic disease.

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