Episode 21: Clinical Conversations: Breaking Weight Plateaus

July 15, 2020 00:17:19
Episode 21: Clinical Conversations: Breaking Weight Plateaus
Obesity: A Disease
Episode 21: Clinical Conversations: Breaking Weight Plateaus

Jul 15 2020 | 00:17:19

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Show Notes

Episode Description

In this episode, Obesity medicine specialist and OMA clinical education director, Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM interviews Tonia Vinton, MD, Dipl. ABOM, a highlighted speaker from Overcoming Obesity 2019, about challenges to overcoming weight plateaus. Topics covered include: why weight plateaus occur, communicating weight loss expectations with patients, and managing anti-obesity medications during a weight plateau. Dr. Vinton is the medical director for the Nutrition and Weight Management Program at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

 

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