Obesity Care and GLP-1 Medicines: A Practical Update
What changed when GLP-1 medicines entered routine obesity care.
Program overview
The first global guideline on GLP-1 medicines for obesity was issued in December 2025, and explicitly cited health-system unpreparedness as a limitation. This course addresses that gap. It covers obesity as a chronic disease rather than a lifestyle failure, assessment and comorbidity screening, where GLP-1 receptor agonists fit alongside nutrition and behavioural support, dosing escalation and adverse effect management, monitoring, the questions patients actually ask, and the equity and supply issues. Particularly relevant in regions with high metabolic disease prevalence.
Why this program
Reflects the 2025 global guideline
Obesity framed as a chronic disease
Adverse effect management taught practically
Addresses the questions patients actually ask
Who it is for
Program objectives
- Describe obesity as a chronic relapsing disease with metabolic drivers
- Assess a patient for obesity-related comorbidity
- Explain where GLP-1 receptor agonists fit within a care pathway
- Apply dose escalation and manage common adverse effects
- Monitor treatment response and recognise when to reassess
- Respond to common patient questions and expectations
Learning outcomes
- Assess a described patient for obesity-related comorbidity
- Identify appropriate candidates for GLP-1 therapy from clinical criteria
- Apply a dose escalation approach to a described case
- Manage a described adverse effect appropriately
- Evaluate treatment response against expected trajectory
- Recommend nutritional and behavioural support alongside pharmacotherapy
Curriculum
Module 1: Obesity as Chronic Disease
1 lessonsObesity as Chronic DiseasePreview
Physiology, weight regulation and why willpower framing fails.
Module 2: Assessment and Comorbidity
1 lessons- Assessment and Comorbidity
Module 3: Where GLP-1 Medicines Fit
1 lessons- Where GLP-1 Medicines Fit
Module 4: Dosing and Adverse Effects
1 lessons- Dosing and Adverse Effects
Module 5: Monitoring, Nutrition and Expectations
1 lessons- Monitoring, Nutrition and Expectations
Duration and structure
5 lessons across 5 modules. Duration is expressed in study hours.
What you receive
This certificate confirms completion of Obesity Care and GLP-1 Medicines: A Practical Update. Duration is expressed in study hours.
Delivery format
- Self-paced — start any time.
- Study on any device.
- Lifetime access to the version you enrolled in.