Obesity

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, George Bray talks with Diabetes in Control Medical Editor Joy Pape about the primary messages from the World Obesity Federation position statements.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, George Bray talks with Diabetes in Control Medical Editor Joy Pape about the inequality of obesity and the issues with moving forward in solving the obesity problem.

In part 3, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, George Bray talks with Diabetes in Control Medical Editor Joy Pape about the possible methods and strategies for curtailing the obesity epidemic.

The SUSTAIN trials showed significant reductions in weight, but the true reason for the weight loss still unknown.

Scientists find dramatic weight loss may reverse type 2 diabetes in some patients.

W. Timothy Garvey, MD is the Butterworth Professor of Medicine in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He obtained his MD degree from St. Louis University, completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, and was a clinical fellow in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the variety of available medications to help with weight loss and which — if any — might be the best to recommend.

To see this interview in full, click here. Freed: This is Steve Freed and we’re here at the 2018 AACE meeting. We have a special guest with us who we have talked to before, Dr. Timothy Garvey, and he is very interesting. I’ve got 22 paragraphs about your background but …

Dr. W. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA. Dr. Garvey answers the question of which weight loss medication is needed to make a person smaller.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. W. Timothy Garvey talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the changes in medications to treat obesity as well as the treatment methods.