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The goal of this ECHO series is to help care team members feel more comfortable and be more competent to better address the disease of obesity with patients. Please find the monthly session recordings below.

• - September 2024
• - October 2024
• - November 2024
• - December 2024
• - January 2025
• - February 2025
• - March 2025
• Intensive Health, Behavior & Lifestyle Treatment Programs (IHBLT)
• Physical Activity and Sleep
• Obesity Assessment and Treatment in the Primary Care setting   

Let’s Go! is committed to providing registered sites training opportunities. Current on demand virtual trainings can be accessed at .

Five-minute video vignettes that deliver innovative, evidence-based, obesity curriculum for care team members. These “shorts� will bring new tools and techniques to the health care community to help improve care for patients with obesity.

A podcast series focused on thought-provoking and informative conversations to support medical providers interested in obesity prevention and treatment hosted by Carrie Gordon, MD. Listen at or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Conference Objectives:

• Increase knowledge in understanding the physiology, benefits, and efficacy of metabolic & bariatric surgery.
• Understand which patients will benefit from metabolic & bariatric surgery, the requirements, and risks.
• Increase confidence to initiate early conversations with patients about metabolic & bariatric surgery.
• Understand support needed to help ensure long-term patient success including integrating other treatments for the chronic disease of obesity.

These sessions were recorded September 21 & 22, 2023. .

Speaker: Kirk Sahagian, DO

Speaker: Sarah Armstrong MD

Speaker: Codie R Rouleau, Ph.D., R.Psych

Speaker: Selvi Rajagopal, MD, MPH

Speaker: David Sarwer, PhD

Speaker: Boris Zevin, MD PhD FRCSC

Speaker: Melissa Page, RD 

Speaker: Paul M. Coen, MSc, PhD


Speaker: Melissa Santos, PhD


Speaker: Andrew Kraftson, MD

Increase awareness and understanding of the impact of inequity on obesity and how to change practice to reduce disparities in care. Expand clinical knowledge, learn current best practice and hear about how to support patients. Conference dates: September 22 & 23, 2022.


Speaker: William H. Dietz, Jr. MD, MPH


Speaker: Cynthia Ogden, PhD


Speaker: Erika McMullen, MA Ed HD, SHRM-SCP


Speaker: Karen Freund, MD, MPH


Speaker: Michael S. Irwig, MD


Speaker: Natalie Ingraham, PhD, MPH


Speaker: William G. Sharp, PhD


Speaker: Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP


Speaker: Lisa Sockabasin, MS, RN


Speaker: Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, MPH


Speaker: Monica Hahn, MD

Explore the link between mental health and obesity. Expand your clinical knowledge, learn current best practice and hear about programs to support patients. Conference date: September 23 & 24, 2021

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  Speaker: Val O’Hara, DO and Jennifer Curran, PhD
  
  
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  Speaker: David Sarwer, PhD
  
  
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  Speaker: Melissa Santos, PhD
  
  
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  Speaker: Dena Whitesell, MD and Matija Burtis, DO
  
  
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  Speaker: Rebecca Puhl, PhD
  
  
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  Speaker: Joel Guarna, PhD
  
  
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  Speakers: Linda Johnson, LCSW; Heather Orr, LCSW; Hartwell Dowling, MSW
  
  
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  Speaker: Alan Bean Burpee, LCSW
  
  
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  Speaker: Kristelle Lavallee, MA
  
  
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  Speaker: John Ratey, MD
  
  
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  Speaker: Uma Naidoo, MD
  
  
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  Speaker: Sandy Hassink, MD

Learn about the latest evidence of the impact of obesity and cancer on patients. Presentations include a focus on the relationship of diet and physical activity on these diseases, and programs and resources to support patients in clinical and community settings. Conference dates: September 24 & 25, 2020

• Obesity and Cancer: Understanding the Connection
  Speaker: Jennifer Ligibel, MD -  | 
• Obesity-related Cancers: The Impact on Society
  Speaker: Sara L. Huston, PhD -  | 
• Screening and Treatment for Patients with Obesity and Cancer
  Speaker: Leslie Bradford, MD -  | 
• Oncology Nutrition: The Continuum of Care
  Speaker: Pam Perkins, RD, LD - 
• Evidence-Based Health Intervention Programs
  Speakers: Meagan Hamblett, Casey Clark Kelley, Catie Reed, YMCA  -  | 
• Hunger and Health
  Speakers: Kristen Miale, MBA, Courtney Kennedy, MEd, Good Shepherd Food Bank - 
• American Cancer Society & American Cancer Society Action Network - 
• Diet-Associated Cancer Burden: Opportunities for Nutrition Policy Interventions
  Speaker: Fang Fang Zhang, MD, PhD -  | 
• Healthy Movement for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
  Speaker: Justin C. Brown, PhD -  | 
• Prevention to Survivorship: Where Do We Go From Here?
  Speaker: Colleen Doyle, MS, RD -  |