Modern approaches to obesity diagnosis & management

Guideline-based understanding of obesity as a chronic, heterogeneous disease requiring complication-centric, person-centred care.

Learning objectives:

• Differentiate clinical obesity vs preclinical obesity,
• Apply anthropometric plus clinical criteria to diagnose obesity accurately.
• Understand the ABCD (Adiposity Based Chronic Disease) framework and staging.
• Implement person-centred, complication-centric management using lifestyle, pharmacotherapy, and surgical options.
• Address weight stigma and psychological considerations in obesity care.
• Select therapies aligned to specific obesity related complications and diseases (ORCD).

Acknowledgements

Content created by Dr Vicki Mount, MBChB FRNZGP DipPaeds MPH, with expert review by Ole Schmiedel, Consultant in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and General Internal Medicine.

This eLearning is sponsored with an unrestricted educational grant from Lilly.