This session is part of the inaugural Specialty Integrated Medicine Training Series designed to help upskill clinicians working in primary care and other integrated medical settings. Attendees will learn the current state of the science in obesity care and how integrated care teams can come together to help patients with obesity. Specific topics that will be addressed include modernized conceptualizations of obesity as a chronic disease and current best practices in lifestyle counseling, obesity medications, and bariatric surgery.
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