Harvard Diabetes and Obesity Caring for the Whole Patient 2025

Understanding the Link Between Diabetes and Obesity

• The nature of body weight: what clinicians must know
• Understanding the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease in obesity and type 2 diabetes
• The spectrum of kidney disorders in obesity and diabetes
• Cancer and metabolic disease
• Bringing knowledge to the bedside for patients with diabetes, obesity, and major comorbidities
• Whole-patient care models for complex metabolic disease

Nutrition, Meal Timing and Lifestyle Fundamentals

• Ultra-processed foods and their role in healthy eating patterns
• The nutrition prescription for people living with diabetes and obesity
• Update on vitamin D and disease prevention in obesity
• Meal timing and metabolic control
• Behavioral modification strategies across care settings
• Family, community, and systems-level approaches to metabolic health
• Practical lifestyle counseling for long-term patient support

Medical Therapeutics for Metabolic Health

• Why, when, and how obesity medications should be prescribed
• Exploration of gut hormone drugs: current status and pipeline
• GLP-1 RA and GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists for metabolic control and risk reduction
• SGLT2 inhibitors for metabolic control and risk reduction
• Personalizing medication strategies for diabetes and obesity
• Combining therapies for improved metabolic outcomes
• Case-based medication selection and clinical decision-making

Side Effects and Patient Counseling

• Practical counseling before starting GLP-1 RA and related drugs
• Fatigue, gastroparesis, wrinkles, and other patient concerns
• Incretin therapies and the pancreas: evidence review and practical points
• The thyroid and incretin therapies: what is known and unknown
• Urination, dehydration, and infection counseling for SGLT2 inhibitors
• Risk-benefit conversations for metabolic medications
• Improving medication adherence through patient education

Patient Assessment and Multimorbidity Evaluation

• Obesity and type 2 diabetes assessment
• Effective use of cardiovascular imaging to evaluate cardiovascular risk
• Evaluating sleep, obesity, and diabetes
• MASLD screening and treatment updates
• Polycystic ovary syndrome in obesity: diagnosis and management pearls
• Comprehensive multimorbidity evaluation
• Identifying what not to miss in comorbidities and phenotypes

Barriers, Disparities and Whole-Patient Care

• Addressing healthcare disparities in diabetes and obesity care
• The role of racial disparities in outcomes and how to address them in the clinic
• Depression in obesity and diabetes
• Weight impact of medications commonly prescribed in metabolic disease care
• Equitable care with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, sexual preference, and gender orientation
• Expanded perspectives in caring for the whole patient
• Building inclusive, patient-centered metabolic disease care plans

Unique Diagnostic and Management Challenges

• Recognizing atypical diabetes
• Lipodystrophy: how to recognize it in clinical practice
• Double diabetes: type 1 diabetes with overlap features of type 2 diabetes
• Hypoglycemia evaluation and management
• Recognizing and assessing unique metabolic presentations
• Using clinical patterns to guide diagnosis and treatment
• Case-based problem solving for challenging diabetes and obesity presentations

Technology-Enhanced Person-Centered Care

• Wearable devices to achieve clinical targets
• Professional CGM in the office to identify important glycemic patterns
• Self-management with CGM and selecting the right patient for benefit
• Automated insulin delivery and the current technology landscape
• Using technology to support personalized diabetes care
• Interpreting glucose data for clinical decision-making
• Technology-enhanced patient engagement and self-management

Treatment Strategies, Adherence and Behavior Change

• The continuum of obesity and type 2 diabetes: revisiting treatment goals
• Selecting therapy for people with diabetes
• Adherence to therapy in chronic disease
• Remote engagement and medication adherence
• Online weight management programs and patient-provider engagement
• Motivational interviewing workshop for activating behavior change
• Setting realistic expectations and building sustainable treatment plans

Procedural Therapies and Post-Bariatric Care

• Effects of metabolic surgeries on obesity and diabetes
• Current state of non-surgical metabolic procedures
• Patient selection and the perioperative process for metabolic surgery
• Procedural approaches to metabolic conditions
• Postoperative nutritional management
• Glycemic challenges after metabolic surgery
• Addressing post-bariatric weight regain and long-term management challenges

This course is best suited for primary care physicians, endocrinologists, diabetologists, nephrologists, cardiologists, bariatric surgeons, pediatricians, internists, nurses, NPs, PAs, dieticians, nutritionists, social workers, and clinicians involved in metabolic disease care.

The package includes 60 videos and 46 PDF files with a total size of 14.2 GB.

Topics include diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, nutrition, meal timing, vitamin D, obesity medications, gut hormone drugs, GLP-1 RA, GIP/GLP-1 therapies, SGLT2 inhibitors, side effect counseling, sleep, MASLD, PCOS, depression, healthcare disparities, atypical diabetes, lipodystrophy, hypoglycemia, CGM, wearable devices, automated insulin delivery, adherence, motivational interviewing, metabolic surgery, non-surgical procedures, and post-bariatric care.

Yes. The course focuses on real-world assessment, treatment selection, patient counseling, technology use, behavior change, procedural care, and long-term management of patients with diabetes and obesity.

Yes. This product is provided as recorded course access so you can review the material at your own pace.

No. CME credits and certificates are not included with this course package.

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