Join us for our Pediatric Subunit Meet Up!
Noon ET
Register in advance here.
We will be applying for 1 hour CPEU for this "live" session.
We are in a new era in which we are understanding obesity as a complex disease process and not simply a result of lifestyle choices. In this era, the AAP has produced recent clinical practice guidelines which support the use of pharmacotherapy as an adjunct to lifestyle interventions to treat obesity and weight-related comorbidities in kids and teens. We now have access to highly effective obesity medications which bridge the gap between lifestyle interventions at one end of the spectrum and bariatric surgery at the other. This presentation is an opportunity to discuss the why and how of medication use for pediatric patients with obesity and to acknowledge challenges and opportunities for obesity care going forward.