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, obesity medicine specialist Alina Elperin, MD, discusses preventive cardiology and obesity, including 2 cardiovascular disease risk factors to screen patients with obesity for, the top 3 cardiovascular complications seen in patients with obesity, the importance of checking a patients' current medication list, and how clinicians can start a conversation around nutrition plans with their patients. 

Dr Elperin is an internist and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. 

 podcast features informative conversations with health care experts, opinion leaders, and practicing physicians, about what impacts primary care medicine today. 

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Listen to our latest podcast episode for details on top CVD risk factors to screen patients with obesity for, medications to help prevent CVD, and more.

Navigating Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity: Expert Insights for Primary Care

, Shagun Bindlish, MD, and Peminda K. Cabandugama, MD, discuss obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), including the most significant complications associated with these conditions that a primary care clinician is likely to encounter, how to best treat patients with obesity and T2D, and their suggestions to primary care clinicians on managing this patient population.

Dr Bindlish is a board member of the American Diabetes Association and medical director at One Medical in Dublin, California. 

Dr Cabandugama is the director of Digital Obesity at the Cleveland Clinic and a member of the Obesity Medicine Association.

In our latest episode, 2 obesity experts discuss the importance of early intervention to reduce risk for complications, suggestions for managing patients in primary care, and more.

Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes: An Expert Discussion

“Obesity and chronic pain are directly correlated,” said Anila Chadha, MD, family physician and obesity medicine physician at Dignity Health Medical Group in Bakersfield, California, in a recent interview with 

“There was a study done in the United States from 2008 to 2010 which clearly showed that there is increasing reporting of pain in patients with increasing BMI. So as the severity of obesity increases, the reporting of pain increases.”

Dr Chadha discusses the correlation between chronic pain and obesity, including the long-term effects of pain conditions for patients with obesity, common types of pain conditions associated with obesity, and how primary care clinicians should go about addressing pain with patients with obesity.

Anila Chadha, MD, is also obesity medicine director at Mercy Weight Loss Surgery Program in Bakersfield, CA.

In our latest episode, an obesity medicine physician explains the importance of a comprehensive plan to manage chronic pain in patients with obesity. 

Obesity & Pain Management: A Primary Viewpoints Podcast

The Primary Viewpoints podcast features informative conversations with health care experts, opinion leaders, and practicing physicians, about what impacts primary care medicine today.

In episode 21, Andres Acosta, MD, whose widely recognized research focuses on precision medicine in management of obesity, details how weight management interventions targeted by phenotype more closely reflect the pathophysiology of the disease.

is a physician-scientist at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, specializing in bariatric surgery, upper endoscopy, nutrition, and obesity. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Acosta's primary research focus is on the mechanisms and regulation of appetite, satiation, and satiety, including the role of gastric function, gastrointestinal hormones, taste preferences, bile acids, and enterohepatic regulation and gut energy utilization. Additionally, Dr Acosta studies the effect of genetics, pharmacology and endoscopic devices on food intake regulation.

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"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with Mayo Clinic's Andres Acosta, MD, PhD. 

Obesity Phenotypes: A Primary Viewpoints Podcast

In episode 12, obesity policy advocate Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA, past chair of the Obesity Action Coalition and founder of ConscienHealth, discusses the prevalence of weight bias in health care, how media portrayal of patients with obesity exacerbates the issue, strategies primary care clinicians can use to check their own weight bias, and the advocacy work he is currently spearheading to change the narrative of weight stigma in health care.

In our latest podcast episode, an obesity expert talks weight bias in health care, its widespread impact, and the advocacy work that is being done to change the narrative. 

Primary Viewpoints Episode 12: Weight Stigma and Bias in Health Care

Episode 10, "Weight Bias in Health Care: What Needs to be Done?" features an interview with obesity specialist Sandra Christensen, MSN, ARNP, owner of 

A Clinician's Guide to Discussing Obesity with Patients.

Ms. Christensen discusses the high prevalence of weight bias in health care and its consequences for patients with obesity, as well as specific strategies from her new book that primary care physicians can use to recognize and correct their own biases. 

"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with obesity specialist, Sandra Christensen, MSN, ARNP.

Primary Viewpoints Episode 10: Weight Bias in Health Care: What Needs to be Done?

What is the relationship between common illnesses and depression? And why is the relationship so strong? What can clinicians do now to manage both the medical illness and the depression?

Here to shed light on the bidirectional relationship between the brain and other organs and the common biologic processes that affect all organs is Andrew J. Cutler, MD, who is board-certified in internal medicine and psychiatry. Dr Cutler is on the clinical faculty in the 

Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida

. He is also CEO and Chief Medical Officer of the 

Some key points addressed in this podcast:
• People who have chronic conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes or RA, are at risk for depression. What’s underappreciated is that this is not a reactive depression: the same biologic conditions that cause the primary medical condition can also cause changes in the brain that can trigger the depression. Thus, there is a need to screen for depression in patients with chronic illness. Aggressive management of the underlying medical illness can help prevent or diminish depression.
• Conversely, aggressive management of depression can decrease the risk of a variety of medical illnesses.
• In the context of a 10-minute office visit in a patient with a chronic illness, screening tools to identify the likelihood of depression can be administered in the waiting room.
• Commonly available tools to monitor for depression include measurement CRP: if the CRP level is elevated, it signals that the patient is overproducing cytokines-a marker of inflammation and a risk factor for depression.
• Effective antidepressant therapy can sometimes reduce CRP levels.
• There is a strong association between inflammation and various medical conditions. For example, people who are overweight or obese have elevated markers of inflammation. Abdominal fat causes inflammation, which may explain the relationship between obesity and depression.
• Inflammation can prevent neurogenesis and can be toxic to nerve cells. Thus, unmanaged inflammation can “stun” the brain.
• Readers are referred to a study by 

, which showed that the TNF antagonist infliximab may improve depressive symptoms in patients with high baseline inflammatory biomarkers.

What is the relationship between common illnesses and depression? And why is the relationship so strong? What can clinicians do now to manage both the medical illness and the depression?

Managing Physical Illness and Depression

The  Mediterranean diet, supplemented with either extra virgin olive oil or tree  nuts, may have just won a secure seat at the table where cardioprotection and  prevention are discussed. The results of the recent study in the 

Patients who consumed a Mediterranean-style diet had a 30% reduction in major cardiovascular events compared with patients who ate a diet low in saturated fat.

The Mediterranean Diet in Primary Cardiovascular Prevention

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