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Obesity Care and GLP-1 Medicines: A Practical Update
What changed when GLP-1 medicines entered routine obesity care.
professional180 min5 lessons
What you'll learn
- Assess a described patient for obesity-related comorbidity
- Identify appropriate candidates for GLP-1 therapy from clinical criteria
- Apply a dose escalation approach to a described case
- Manage a described adverse effect appropriately
- Evaluate treatment response against expected trajectory
- Recommend nutritional and behavioural support alongside pharmacotherapy
Course content
5 modules · 5 lessons
1. Obesity as Chronic Disease
- Obesity as Chronic DiseasePreview36m
2. Assessment and Comorbidity
- Assessment and Comorbidity36m
3. Where GLP-1 Medicines Fit
- Where GLP-1 Medicines Fit36m
4. Dosing and Adverse Effects
- Dosing and Adverse Effects36m
5. Monitoring, Nutrition and Expectations
- Monitoring, Nutrition and Expectations36m