Expert Interviews

Treatment Options for Obesity-Related Cardiometabolic Diseases: Clinician Insights for Primary Care
July 11, 2025

Treatment should address root causes, including lifestyle modifications, stress management, and gut health, Monu Khanna, MD, told Patient Care.

It Takes a Multispecialty Team to Support and Sustain Patient-Centered Lifestyle Behavior Change
July 11, 2025

Lifestyle medicine integrates a spectrum of therapeutic lifestyle interventions best delivered by specialists who are often available to create a "virtual" team.

Obesity and Chronic Pain: Monu Khanna, MD, on Breaking the Vicious Cycle
July 10, 2025

Dr Khanna breaks down the bidirectional relationship and explains why standard pain management often falls short for people with obesity.

Lifestyle Medicine for Type 2 Diabetes: Is Mainstream Medicine Ready to be All In?
July 10, 2025

Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, lead author of new guidelines on sustained lifestyle change as central to treating, even reversing T2D, answers the question.

Pain Management in Patients with Obesity: Clinician Insights on Balancing Pharmacological & Lifestyle Approaches
July 09, 2025

Monu Khanna, MD, discusses common medications, non-drug strategies, and holistic approaches to improve outcomes.

Diabetes Guidelines are Plentiful. The New One from the ACLM Can Support Them All
July 09, 2025

Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, explains how clinical guidelines for diabetes remission from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine differ from and augment existing recommendations.

Monu Khanna, MD: Practical Pain Management Tips for Patients with Obesity
July 08, 2025

Dr Khanna discusses dosing challenges, metabolic issues, and potential complications from medications like acetaminophen.

Lifestyle Interventions for Treatment and Remission of Prediabetes and T2D: There's a Guideline for That?
July 08, 2025

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine recently published "that guideline," and lead author Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, says the timing was right.

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Expert Shares 4 Pillars of Management
July 07, 2025

Caissa Troutman, MD, discusses how clinicians can tailor management plans to reduce risk of developing T2D in patients with obesity.