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Pharmacotherapy for Obesity Should Begin in Primary Care

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Video: Obesity expert Dr Louis Aronne outlines the role of medication in obesity treatment and says primary care is absolutely the place to begin.

Louis J Aronne, MD

Director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center, the Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine

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Baer HJ, Rozenblum R, De La Cruz BA, et al. Effect of an online weight management program integrated with population health management on weight change. JAMA. 2020;324:1737-1746. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.18977

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