Harvard The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine Treating Obesity 2024

Foundations of Obesity Medicine

• Modern understanding of obesity as a chronic medical condition
• Causes and consequences of obesity
• Clinical evaluation of patients with obesity
• Identifying patients with high-risk obesity
• Understanding obesity-related complications and comorbidities
• Developing individualized treatment plans
• Improving communication about obesity with patients and healthcare teams

Lifestyle-Based Therapy and Behavioral Treatment

• Nutrition assessment and intervention
• Physical activity assessment and intervention
• Intensive lifestyle therapy for obesity
• Behavioral modification techniques
• Effective counseling and motivation strategies
• Building long-term adherence and patient engagement
• Using lifestyle interventions to improve metabolic outcomes

Pharmacotherapy and GLP-1 Based Treatments

• Current pharmacologic approaches to obesity treatment
• Update on newer GLP-1 based therapies
• Anti-obesity medication selection and treatment planning
• Monitoring medication response and adverse effects
• Using pharmacotherapy as part of comprehensive obesity care
• Clinical considerations for patients with obesity-related metabolic disorders
• Emerging precision medicine approaches to obesity and metabolic disease

Bariatric Surgery and Post-Surgical Care

• Assessing appropriateness for bariatric surgery
• Understanding bariatric surgical options
• Preoperative evaluation and patient selection
• Optimizing medical outcomes after bariatric surgery
• Managing obesity-related complications after surgery
• Long-term monitoring and nutritional considerations
• Integrating surgical and medical obesity care

Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity

• Medical treatment of children and adolescents with obesity
• Surgical treatment considerations for pediatric obesity
• Family-centered obesity care
• Behavioral and lifestyle strategies for children and adolescents
• Pediatric patient management for obesity medicine practice
• Obesity-related comorbidities in young patients
• Long-term prevention strategies for pediatric obesity

Genetic Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

• Emerging strategies and therapies for genetic obesity
• Genetic and syndromic obesity concepts
• Precision medicine approaches to obesity and metabolic disorders
• Understanding metabolic pathways and obesity-related disease
• How diet influences metabolic processes
• Clinical implications of genetic obesity recognition
• Applying modern metabolic knowledge to obesity treatment

ABOM Obesity Medicine Board Review

• Pathophysiology of obesity
• Obesity comorbidities
• Pediatric patient management
• Genetic and syndromic obesity
• Nutrition and exercise assessment and intervention
• Intensive lifestyle and behavioral therapy
• Anti-obesity pharmacotherapy
• Bariatric surgery principles

360-Degree Obesity Medicine Practice

• Building and maintaining a successful obesity medicine practice
• Obesity medicine in primary care settings
• Multidisciplinary obesity care center models
• Standalone obesity medicine specialty private practice considerations
• Communicating with referring providers, payers, employers, and policymakers
• Understanding the global burden of obesity-associated disease
• Receiving guidance for challenging obesity medicine cases

This course is best suited for physicians, primary care clinicians, internists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, obesity medicine clinicians, bariatric specialists, surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, psychologists, residents, fellows, and healthcare professionals involved in obesity care.

Topics include obesity evaluation, high-risk obesity, lifestyle therapy, nutrition, physical activity, behavioral therapy, counseling, GLP-1 based therapies, anti-obesity pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery, pediatric obesity, genetic obesity, metabolic disease, ABOM board review, and obesity medicine practice development.

Yes. The course includes board review concepts useful for clinicians preparing for the American Board of Obesity Medicine certification examination.

Yes. The course focuses on practical strategies for obesity evaluation, treatment selection, lifestyle counseling, medication use, bariatric surgery assessment, and long-term patient care.

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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