The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
#24: Curbside Round Table: Pondering Obesity
30 minutes Posted Jan 30, 2017 at 12:00 am.
Intro
Picks of the week
Recap and responses to our obesity interview with Dr. Garvey
Mechanisms of obesity
Discussion of relapse rates, weight gain
Percent weight loss per therapy
Treating obesity on a budget
Coding tips
Diet, lifestyle counseling and how to leverage resources
Closing remarks
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Show notes
More tools, tips, and tricks so you can master obesity in clinic. On this first roundtable episode, The Curbsiders give their take on the management of obesity, and offer their own practice changing tips. Also, Paul announces his goal to watch 365 movies in 365 days, and the guys give more great book, movie, and TV recommendations.
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Picks of the week
Matt’s pick - Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
Paul’s pick - Sing Street (film)
Stuart’s pick - Lemony Snicket's: A series of unfortunate events
Clinical pearls (from Recap and response OR Brief topic review)
Obesity is a DISEASE. Not a lifestyle choice.
Percent weight loss by intervention
Diet and lifestyle 5-10%
Medications >10%
Bariatric surgery >30%
Utilize specialist referral to gain resources e.g. dietician, and psychologist through bariatric surgery referral
Put faith in your patients ability to change and they will hold themselves accountable
Coding tips
If BMI >35 then code “morbid obesity” to increase medical decision making
Code “BMI” in addition “Morbid obesity”
Be sure to code comorbid conditions e.g. hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, OSA
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Disclosures:
The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures, but as always hope to have lots of them in the future.