Nutrition Rounds: Recent Advances in the Treatment of Obesity (Obesity Collection)

This activity reviews current options for the pharmacological treatment of obesity and describe the concomitant role of diet counseling and lifestyle interventions with new obesity therapies.

Content delves into the biological basis of obesity including the role of hormones on appetite and energy regulation, metabolic adaptation to weight loss, and cardiometabolic risk factors.

This course is included in the Obesity Collection.

 

Speakers
 

      

John Buse, MD, PhD
Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor; Chief, Division of Endocrinology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yale University School of Medicine

Richard Kahn, PhD
Department of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Keywords

  • Overweight and obesity
  • Weight loss
  • Diet
  • Lifestyle interventions
  • GLP-1 analogue
  • Diabetes
  • Prediabetes

 

Learning Objectives

  • Communicate the importance of treating obesity as a disease for optimal patient outcomes
  • Review the biological basis of obesity including the role of hormones on appetite and energy regulation, metabolic adaptation to weight loss, and cardiometabolic risk factors
  • Explain current options for the pharmacological treatment of obesity, including safety and efficacy
  • Describe the concomitant role of diet counseling and lifestyle interventions with new obesity therapies

Target Audience

  • Researchers
  • Physicians
  • Dietitians
  • Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
  • Academic Faculty
  • Health Educators
  • Behavioral Specialists
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Wellness Professionals 
  • Undergraduate/Graduate Students/Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Medical Students and Residents
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

Course opens: 
04/14/2023
Course expires: 
06/30/2024
Cost:
$12.50
Rating: 
3

This activity includes the following presentations:

Anti-obesity Pharmacotherapy: The Future Is Now!

Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yale University School of Medicine

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Obesity: Personal and Professional Perspectives

John Buse, MD, PhD
Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor; Chief, Division of Endocrinology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Panel Discussion - Recent Advances in the Treatment of Obesity

John Buse, MD, PhD
Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor; Chief, Division of Endocrinology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yale University School of Medicine

Richard Kahn, PhD
Department of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Disclosure Policy

The American Society for Nutrition supports fair and unbiased participation of individuals in its education activities. Any real or potential conflicts of interest must be identified and managed. All relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that directly impact and/or might conflict with ASN activities must be disclosed, or disclosure that no relevant financial relationships exist must be documented. Other relationships that could cause private interests to conflict with professional interests must also be disclosed. This policy is intended to openly identify any potential conflict so that participants in an education activity are able to form their own judgments about the presentation. In addition, disclosure must be made of presentations on drugs or devices or uses of drugs or devices that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 

Speakers

John Buse, MD, PhD, Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor; Chief, Division of Endocrinology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: Dexcom, NovaTarg, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Tolerion, vTv Therapeutics; Consultant: Alkahest, Altimmune, Anji, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Biomea Fusion Inc, Boehringer-Ingelheim, CeQur, Cirius Therapeutics Inc, Eli Lilly, GentiBio, Glycadia, Glyscend, Janssen, MannKind, Mellitus Health, Moderna, Novo Nordisk, Pendulum Therapeutics, Praetego, Stability Health, Valo, Zealand Pharma; Stock: Glyscend, Mellitus Health, Pendulum Therapeutics, PhaseBio, Praetego, Stability Health
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine
Disclosures: Consultant: Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Intellihealth, Novo Nordisk, Novo Nordisk AS, Pfizer, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Scholar Rock, WWF International; Grant/Research Support: Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Richard Kahn, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Disclosure(s): Abbott: Consultant: Abbott
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. 

Planners

Sahar Ajabshir, PhD, Florida International University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical
Disclosures: Center Data and Safety Monitoring Committee: Pfizer
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Cora Best, PhD, MHS, RDN, University of Washington School of Medicine
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Yanbin Dong, PhD, Augusta University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Roschelle Heuberger, PhD, RD, Central Michigan University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

David Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN, Columbia University
Disclosures: Consultant: Community Surgical, Fresenius-Kabi  
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Christy Tangney, PhD, MS, Rush Medical College
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Staff

Michelle Crispino, CAE, DES, American Society for Nutrition
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Gwen Twillman, American Society for Nutrition
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

 

Continuing education credit is not available for this activity. A Certificate of Attendance can be downloaded by learners who complete the course.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

Price

Cost:
$12.50
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This course is included in the Obesity Collection.