CLINICAL FOCUS COLLECTION: Obesity

Clinical Focus Collection: Obesity and Comorbidities

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Videos – Expert Interviews

The Obesity Paradox: When is it Real? 

Carl J Lavie, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology
Ochsner Heart and Vascular Clinic
New Orleans, LA
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Pharmacotherapy for Obesity Should Begin in Primary Care​

Louis J Aronne, MD
Sanford I Weill Professor of Metabolic Research
Medical Director, Center for Weight Management & Metabolic Research
Weill-Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
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Bariatric Surgery: Clinician and Patient Barriers to the First Conversation​

Gretchen Ames, PhD
Bariatric Surgery and Medicine Program
Mayo Clinic Bariatric Center
Jacksonville, FL
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Obesity Could Stymie Preventive Cardiology Efforts​

Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA
Founder, ConscienHealth
Board of Directors, Obesity Action Coalition
Pittsburgh, PA

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Diet and Exercise Will Not Sustain Weight Loss in Obesity​

Why Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Remains the Gold Standard in Bariatric Surgery​

Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ and its Role in Obesity​

Waning Immunity in the Obese a Risk Factor for COVID-19​

Caroline M Apovian, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

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Obesity and COVID-19: Very Dangerous Together​

Adipose Tissue in Obesity Linked to Prothrombotic State​

Experts Anticipate Second-generation Weight-loss Drugs​

Opening the Obesity Conversation in Primary Care​

Donna Ryan, MD
Professor Emerita
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

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Tests of Clinical Guideline Knowledge

Guideline-directed Weight Loss: 4 Questions for Primary Care Physicians​

AHA Guidelines on Obesity for CVD Prevention: 5 Questions​

What do you Know about Weight Loss Medications?​

4 Questions for PCPs on Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Diseases​

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Slideshows - Education At-a-Glance

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