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Optimizing Obesity Management in Primary Care

This session will outline the components of a comprehensive, medical obesity treatment plan, focusing on optimizing a patient's medication regimen. At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify common weight-promoting medications and will learn alternatives to reduce the risk of iatrogenic weight gain. Participants will gain familiarity with anti-obesity medications and learn the nuances of medication selection and titration for optimal effectiveness as well as strategies for navigating side effects.

Learning Objectives:

  • Underline basic principles of non-surgical obesity management.
  • Evaluate how anti-obesity medications can be leveraged as part of a comprehensive treatment plan to help patients with weight loss.
  • Discover how to prescribe and titrate anti-obesity medications, manage side effects, and assess treatment impact
This program is provided by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Participants engaging in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this enduring activity for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.