Special Edition: A Focus on Obesity, Part 1 – February 2024
Release Date: 02/08/2024
Diabetes Core Update- A Focus on Obesity Part 3 April 2024
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on obesity, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik, discusses the obesity epidemic with some of the foremost experts in the world. In Part 3 of the series, Dr. Skolnik is joined by Drs. Susan Fidler, Charles Vega, and Margot Savoy. Together, they talking about discussing obesity with patients – how to open the conversation on this sensitive topic, how to handle resistance to addressing the topic, and how to avoid stigma and bias. The Focus on Obesity series is a collaborative project of the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The entire...
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Diabetes Core Update – April 2024
Diabetes Core Update
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical...
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Special Edition: A Focus on Obesity, Part 2 – March 2024
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on obesity, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik, discusses the obesity epidemic with some of the foremost experts in the world. In Part 2 of the series, Dr. Skolnik is joined by Drs. Deborah Horn, Thomas Wadden, and Donna Ryan. Together, they discuss, in detail, approaches to obesity including lifestyle, medications and bariatric surgery. The Focus on Obesity series is a collaborative project of the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The entire program will comprise a total of seven episodes: four episodes of Diabetes Core Update, which...
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Diabetes Core Update March 2024
Diabetes Core Update
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical...
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Special Edition: A Focus on Obesity, Part 1 – February 2024
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on Obesity, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss the Obesity epidemic with some of the foremost experts in the world. In Part I we will focus on the epidemiology of obesity, social disparities with regard to obesity, obesity as a chronic disease, the consequences of obesity and some of the reasons that the prevalence of obesity has increased over the last fifty years; in addition we will discuss how to evaluate patients for obesity. This special series is a collaborative project of the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians...
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Diabetes Core Update – February 2024
Diabetes Core Update
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical...
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Special Edition: Focus on Geriatrics Part 3 – January 2024
Diabetes Core Update
In this special episode of Diabetes Core Update: Focus on Geriatrics Part 3, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss diabetes in a geriatric population with Dr. Medha Munshi, Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program. In this episode we will discuss three cases, with each case presenting different challenges and ideas that are crucial in providing excellent diabetes care to older adults. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Sanofi. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College,...
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Diabetes Core Update Jan 2024
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Diabetes Core Update Dec 2023
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Special Edition: Residual Risk - A Focus on Triglycerides, Part 2 – November 2023
Diabetes Core Update
In this special episode on Residual Risk: A Focus on Triglycerides, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss Residual Risk, Triglycerides and how to reduce residual risk with Dr. Charles Vega, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Dean in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Amarin. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington...
info_outlineIn this special series on Obesity, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss the Obesity epidemic with some of the foremost experts in the world. In Part I we will focus on the epidemiology of obesity, social disparities with regard to obesity, obesity as a chronic disease, the consequences of obesity and some of the reasons that the prevalence of obesity has increased over the last fifty years; in addition we will discuss how to evaluate patients for obesity.
This special series is a collaborative project of the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians and is sponsored by Novo Nordisk and Lilly.
Presented by:
Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health
Margot L. Savoy, MD, MPH, FAAFP serves as senior vice president for education, inclusiveness, and physician well-being at the American Academy of Family Physicians
Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Deborah B. Horn, DO, MPH, Medical Director for the UT Center of Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance; Fellowship Program Director, Allison Family Foundation Fellowship in Clinical Obesity Medicine and Metabolism, McGovern Medical School
Selected References:
CDC - Adult Obesity Facts @ https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Sumithran P, Prendergast LA, Delbridge E, eta al. Long-Term Persistence of Hormonal Adaptations to Weight Loss. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:1597-1604
Colditz GA, Willett WC, Rotnitzky A, Manson JE. Weight gain as a risk factor for clinical diabetes mellitus in women. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 122:4816.
Koh-Banerjee P, Wang Y, Hu FB, Spiegelman D, Willett WC, Rimm EB. Changes in body weight and body fat distribution as risk factors for clinical diabetes in US men.Am J Epidemiol. 2004; 159:11509.