Between 1999 and 2018, the prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% to 42.4% and the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%. Obesity disproportionately affects African Americans, Hispanic populations, and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Despite well-described health consequences associated with obesity, most clinicians do not discuss weight control options with their patients and often lack training and education in obesity management. This activity will provide education on effective obesity management strategies that combine lifestyle modifications, behavioral counseling, pharmacotherapy, and use of devices and/or surgery that is needed for managed care professionals to administer appropriate health care benefits and manage plan patients with obesity effectively and safely.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Explain the long-term impact of obesity on health and the benefit of early intervention on the economic and disease burden.
• Apply current practice guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of adults with obesity.
• Review the full spectrum of obesity care options and the benefit of early pharmacologic intervention to achieve and maintain clinically meaningful and long-term weight loss.
• Interpret barriers that undermine obesity disease management and address strategies to reduce reluctance to provide weight-loss related care to patients with obesity.
• Discuss barriers that impede obesity disease management including health disparities and COVID-19

Target Audience
This knowledge-based activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of pharmacists, physicians, and nurses in managed care settings.

Faculty
Jeffrey Dunn, PharmD, MBA
Chief Clinical Officer
Cooperative Benefits Group (CBG)

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS
Obesity Medicine Physician Scientist
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

Moderator
Douglas McKell, MS, MSc, PgC​ (HEOR)
Impact Education

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
AMCP and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) require faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to AMCP and PIM policy.  AMCP and PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty and moderator reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:

Jeffrey Dunn
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Fatima Stanford
Advisor Consultant: Novo Nordisk; Pfizer.

Douglas McKell
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

The AMCP, Impact Education and PIM planners and others have no relevant financial relationships.

Continuing Education Information
ACPE UAN #: 0233-9999-21-060-L01-P
Credit: 1.5 contact hour (0.15 CEU)
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
Activity Fee: There is no fee to participate in this activity.

Joint Providership
This activity is being provided jointly by AMCP, Impact Education, LLC, and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM).

Statement of Commercial Support
Supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.

Fee
This continuing education activity is provided at no cost to participants.

Continuing Education Credit – Pharmacists

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. As an ACPE-accredited provider, AMCP strictly adheres to the ACPE Standards for Commercial Support and other relevant guidelines and standards to ensure the independence of CPE activities. It is AMCP’s intent that all CPE activities be independent, objective, balanced, evidence-based and free of any commercial bias.

Earning CPE Credit
To earn continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit for this program, you must attend the entire session. Once completed, go to http://amcplearn.org to claim CPE credit. In the enrollment code redemption area, enter the enrollment code provided during the session. Complete the program evaluation and enter your NABP ID, birth month and birthday. All CPE credit for this webinar activity must be completed no later than 10 business days after the webinar. No exceptions can be made after this date.

Continuing Education Credit – Physicians and Nurses

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PIM, Impact Education, LLC, and AMCP. PIM is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Credit Designation Statement
PIM designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse Credit Statement
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.5 contact hours.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA.  The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.  The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners.  Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development.  The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.  Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Request for Credit
In order to obtain your CME/CE certificate, please follow the steps below at the conclusion of the activity:

1. Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
2. Login or Create a New Account (will take less than 1 minute)
   1. If you receive a message when creating a new account that “the email you entered is already in use”, please click the Forgot my Username or Password link to have your Username and Password sent to you via email
   2. After logging in, you may be asked to verify/update your information; after doing so, click Save at the bottom of the page
3. Type in 16953 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, and click enter
4. Click on the activity title when it appears
5. Choose the type of credit you desire
6. Complete the online assessment
7.  Receive an immediate CME/CE Certificate to download and/or print for your files

If you have questions regarding the certification of this activity, please contact PIM via email at inquiries@pimed.com.

System Technical Requirements/Viewing Requirements

• For online activities you should have a basic comfort level using a computer and navigating web sites.
• To view minimum technical and system requirements for the webinar, please use your web browser to check your system requirements by clicking here.
• The online handout will be delivered via Acrobat PDF.
• CPE credit will be claimed through AMCP Learn. View the minimum technical and system requirements for continuing education online learning activities by clicking here.

Press
For individuals from the media/press who are interested in attending, please contact AMCP at media@amcp.org for more information.