Join experts in obesity: Dr Donna Ryan (Professor Emeritus Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Baton Rouge in Louisiana) and Dr Ethan Lazarus (specialist in obesity medicine at the Clinical Nutrition Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado and Past President and Delegate of the Obesity Medicine Association), as they discuss the obesity epidemic and considerations for prescribing medications for chronic weight management in patients with obesity or overweight and at least one weight-related comorbidity. The panel will also discuss the efficacy and safety of a medication for chronic weight management among individuals with overweight or obesity, with or without weight-related complications. 

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This program is intended for clinicians. The information presented is aligned with the views and opinions of the speakers and is sponsored by Novo Nordisk. This podcast is not to be used as medical advice and is intended for educational purposes only.

The moderator and expert discussants were compensated for their participation in this podcast.

Faculty Presenters:

Donna Ryan, MD
Professor Emerita
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA 

Ethan Lazarus, MD, FOMA
Physician and Owner, Clinical Nutrition Center
Immediate Past-President, Obesity Medicine Association
Delegate, American Medical Association House of Delegates
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
Greenwood Village, Colorado