Diabetes

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The Advisory Panel laid out 4 priority actions for clinicians, policy makers, and industry.

Jonathan Bonnet, MD, MPH, discusses common side effects of GLP-1 medications for obesity and how nutritional and behavioral strategies can help mitigate them.

Coauthor of a recent joint advisory, Jonathan Bonnet, MD, MPH, explains how it emerged in response to the growing use of GLP-1 medications for obesity treatment.

Obesity medicine specialist Monu Khanna, MD, discusses the critical role of primary care in obesity-related risk reduction through lifestyle, behavior, and emerging therapies.

Both metformin and GLP-1 RAs have been studies for their neuroprotective effects; this study is the first head-to-head investigation and supports further research.

Monu Khanna, MD, offers 3 takeaways for primary care: address obesity as root cause, reduce stigma, and explore new treatments to reduce cardiovascular risk.

Type 2 diabetes and its high and rising rates in the US are the result of a perfect storm of converging systemic, behavioral, environmental, and economic factors.

Dr Khanna discusses how PCPs can use patient relationships to tailor lifestyle advice and manage obesity-related cardiometabolic disease.

Dr Khanna urges early screening for cardiometabolic risk in patients with obesity and highlights the role of primary care in prevention and education.