Short and Sweet: Growth Hormone Deficiency Essentials
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is included in the ABOM test content blueprint, specifically requiring the knowledge to identify signs and symptoms of…
Archives: Content
Knowledge Check: Air Displacement, AACE Guidelines, and MTC
Knowledge checks will be available every fifth blog and consist of a checklist of objectives and questions based on the prior blog posts. In addition,…
Inside Out: Endoscopic Guidelines and Recommendations
The increased incidence and health burden of obesity supports expanded treatment options, as over 1 billion people worldwide are expected to meet obes…
Motivational Interview Walkthrough
Motivational interviewing is often one of the more challenging areas of obesity medicine because of its somewhat subjective nature. Many questions hav…
Gone but not Forgotten: Discontinued Obesity Medications
Like other medication classes, anti-obesity medications (AOMs) have seen their fair share of pharmacotherapy withdrawal from the market. Reasons range…
Knowledge Check: Growth Deficiency, RIP Meds, Endoscopy, and MI
Knowledge checks will be available every fifth blog and consist of a checklist of objectives and questions based on the prior blog posts. In addition,…
Black Box Warning: Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
A boxed warning, more commonly referred to as a “black box warning” due to the thick black border surrounding the text, is the strongest safety wa…
Part 2: AACE Algorithm for Evaluation and Treatment of Obesity
This is the second part of our two-part blog series covering The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Algorithm for the…
Part 1: AACE Algorithm for Evaluation and Treatment of Obesity
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Algorithm for the Evaluation and Treatment of Adults with Obesity/Adiposity-Ba…
Air Displacement Plethysmography: Principles, Benefits, & Limits
Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is considered the gold standard for body composition assessment, air displacement plethysmography (ADP) is a…
Knowledge Check: Flexible FDA, POMC, Tirzepatide, Built Setting
Knowledge checks will be available every fifth blog and consist of a checklist of objectives and questions based on the prior blog posts. In addition,…
SURPASS to SURMOUNT: The Tirzepatide Trials To Know
In 2022, when I first started writing ABOM study blogs, one of my earliest posts focused on tirzepatide. The then–hot-off-the-press SURMOUNT-1 trial…
Built Environment and Obesity: Density, Walkability, Pollution
One of the topics now included in the updated ABOM test content outline is the built environment (A.8), specifically the relationship between the buil…
Red Hair, Pale Skin, and Adrenal Crisis: POMC Deficiency
Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency is a relatively recently defined condition, first described in 1998. It is also very rare, affecting fewer than …
Flexibility in Pharmacotherapy: Updated FDA-Indications
Over the past year, indications for anti-obesity medications (AOM) have shifted from strict BMI cut-offs to broader, more inclusive criteria. In this …
