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Course: Obesity Care: Experts Weigh In on Targeted Management

CME Credits: 0.00

Released: 2025-05-30

Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial disease that disproportionately affects underserved populations such as postmenopausal women, individuals with depression, and those with nicotine addiction. These groups often experience biological and psychosocial challenges—including hormonal changes, dopamine pathway dysregulation, and stigma—that complicate effective weight management. Diagnosis and assessment should incorporate these patient-specific factors, along with an understanding of obesity as a disease rather than a personal failing. Management begins with comprehensive lifestyle interventions focused on diet and physical activity, but many patients benefit from pharmacotherapy, with several FDA-approved medications offering sustained weight loss when used alongside lifestyle changes. Optimal care requires a multidisciplinary team approach and shared decision-making to help foster personalized, equitable treatment. In this CE activity, expert faculty identify specific challenges to weight loss faced by persons from underserved populations and examine tailored management plans for these patients based on the clinical evidence for obesity medications.


Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:


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