Obesity Managment a Specialized Treatment Beyond the Clinic

Episode Takeaways

1. Weight management care – expert medical care addressing obesity – has gone digital and Drs. Louis Aronne and Katherine Saunders combine science, patient care and technology to help manage the national public health epidemic.
2. Weight management cannot be put off till later. COVID-19 shifted weight from a chronic condition and highlighted that it is a tipping point for acute risk and death.
3. Obesity is the highway to diabetes, cancer, heart and respiratory disease, but there are only 100 weight-care medical specialists in the US – the need outstrips expert care. Health tech is part of the care solution.
4. Treating obesity is both a life- and money-saver but employers and the health system are ill-equipped to manage the challenge. We have sick-care management in place – not a healthcare system. Wellness is an afterthought.
5. Drs. Aronne and Saunders have applied their work at Weil-Cornell Medical Center to launch Intellihealth so that their research and clinical best practices can be available to physicians and patients nationwide
6. Overweight people struggle to keep the weight off and often the metabolic risks remain after people trim down. Weight management expertise enables people to remain on track and get healthy.