Improving Obesity Diagnosis and Treatment through Endocrinology and Primary Care Collaboration

Learning Objectives:

• Destigmatize obesity to initiate and enhance patient engagement to initiate healthy weight conversation and facilitate discussions on evidence-based obesity treatments.
• Manage obesity with shared decision making, including AOM pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery, behavior and lifestyle interventions to achieve and maintain clinically meaningful, long-term weight loss.
• Address the top barriers to incorporating change in obesity.