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Contemporary Obesity Treatment: Caught in Clinical Inertia

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What are the barriers to overcoming a climate of inertia around treating obesity? Here’s my take.

Released: March 27, 2020

Expiration: March 26, 2021

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Caroline Apovian

Caroline Apovian, MD

Member of the Faculty
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director
Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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Caroline Apovian, MD

Member of the Faculty
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director
Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, has disclosed that she has received consulting fees from EnteroMedics, Ferring, Gelesis, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Nutrisystem, Orexigen, Rhythm, Sanofi, Scientific Intake, SetPoint Health, Takeda, Xeno Biosciences, and Zafgen and funds for research support from Aspire Bariatrics, Gelesis, GI Dynamics, MetaProteomics, MYOS Corporation, Novo Nordisk, Orexigen, Pfizer, Takeda, and The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation.