The Gaining Health Podcast

Apr 30 2024

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In this podcast, host and obesity medicine specialist Karli Burridge will interview leaders and trailblazers in the field of obesity medicine to discuss how we can get to the root of chronic medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction, and how we can change healthcare to actually help patients be healthier and feel better. Karli will also highlight recent research and discuss how to apply this new science clinically in your practice!

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Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery and Anemia of Malabsorption

Apr 30 2024 45 mins

Have you discussed metabolic-bariatric surgery (MBS) as a treatment option with your patients? What nutritional deficiencies should you check after metabolic and bariatric surgery? What role to anti-obesity medications play after MBS? Join host, Karli Burridge, as she reviews some of the latest research and discusses anemia of malaborption with hematology expert Dane Thomas, PA-C.G

Catching up with TOS President, Dr. Jamy Ard

Apr 02 2024 41 mins

Gaining Health host, Karli Burridge, shares a few exciting updates in the field of obesity medicine and interviews Dr. Jamy Ard, The Obesity Society (TOS) President, about his personal and professional experience. Listen as Dr. Ard shares about the positive changes in obesity care treatment, and new research they have currently underway. Bio: Dr. Ard is professor in the Department

Food Insecurity and Obesity with Bill Jollie, Founder of Interrupt Hunger

Mar 05 2024 40 mins

While obesity is usually seen as a problem of excessive calories, what about the quality of food in the food-insecure and low-income areas? Listen as Karli Burridge, PA, FOMA, discusses how food access and obesity are related with Interrupt Hunger Founder, Bill Jollie. Psychobioecological model to understand the income-food insecurity-obesity relationship”, by Leonard Epstein et

New Clinical Practice Statement for Adolescents with Obesity

Feb 13 2024 34 mins

Join Gaining Health host, Karli Burridge, PA, FOMA, as she discusses the newest Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) for Adolescents with Obesity published by the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA). The rates are alarming, and clinician education on best care practices is vital. While treatment can be complex with various influences, treatment starting at the onset leads to the best o

Looking at the Past and Future of Obesity Medicine with Dr. Debbie Horn

Feb 06 2024 37 mins

Join host, Karli Burridge, as she discusses how Dr. Deborah Horn got started in Obesity Medicine, and what she sees coming up in the future of Obesity Medicine practice. What research is underway to help us understand long-term obesity treatment results and what type of "target" should we be aiming for with patients' care? What are the positive and negative trends ri

It's AND BOTH, not OR, with Dr. Nina Crowley

Jan 30 2024 54 mins

Join this conversation between "Gaining Health" host, Karli Burridge, PA, and "In the Know with Nina" host, Nina Crowley, Ph.D., as they discuss the importance of comprehensive obesity care. How should clinicians and patients focus on treatment options as "AND" statements to avoid the black-and-white "OR" statements? How can we fill the gaps

Treating Diabesity with Dr. Shagun Bindlish

Jan 23 2024 38 mins

Join host, Karli Burridge, as she discusses treating controllable factors around obesity and diabetes with Shagun Bindlish, MD. Diabesity is a current health crisis, increasing how heart disease is growing as an epidemic. How should we tailor treatment for patients struggling with both obesity and diabetes? What role might a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) play in implementing die

A Novel Technique to Assess Adiposity

Jan 16 2024 13 mins

Have you heard of the Saggital Abdominal Diameter (SAD)? How might we use SAD to height ratio in place of BMI? Join host, Karli Burridge, as she reviews a recent journal article about a cost-effective and simple measurement technique for assessing excess adiposity risk that can be more accurate than body mass index (BMI).Article: Replacing the body mass index with the sagittal abdo

Lipedema Treatment with Dr. Karol Gutowski

Jan 09 2024 31 mins

What is lipedema? Have you missed this diagnosis in your patients? How can you identify this condition in your patients, and what are the treatment options? Get all your lipedema questions answered in this week's podcast episode, where host Karli Burridge interviews Dr. Karol Gutowski, a world-renouned lipedema expert! Bio: Dr. Karol Gutowski is a Chicago area board-certified

How to Start a Local Obesity Organization with Dr. Anthony Auriemma

Jan 02 2024 34 mins

This week, host Karli Burridge speaks with her colleague, Dr. Anthony Auriemma, about how Dr. Auriemma has grown the obesity medicine program at Ascension to 10 locations in the Chicagoland area, as well as about the launch of the Illinois Obesity Society, and how it has grown to one of the biggest and most active State obesity organizations in the country. Dr. Auriemma taps into h