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Sleep Loss Cancels Out Weight Loss

Audrey Wells, MD highlights the role that healthy sleep plays in obesity intervention. Sleep deprivation will make weight loss more difficult and create vulnerability to weight regain.

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Speaker: Audrey Wells, MD

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Audrey Wells, MD highlights the role that healthy sleep plays in obesity intervention. Sleep deprivation will make weight loss more difficult and create vulnerability to weight regain.

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(This lecture is part of our Innovative Approaches To Obesity Medicine For Healthcare Professionals)

Obesity is on the rise both nationally and globally, and there is a strong appetite for the highly effective GLP-1 anti-obesity medications. But what is needed to maintain weight loss for the long term? Sleep Loss Cancels Out Weight Loss is for physicians who want to understand how obesity management depends on more than just a weekly injection.

Audrey Wells, MD is a distinguished expert in both sleep and obesity medicine. Using the framework of nutrition, exercise, behavioral changes, and medication—she will describe how insufficient sleep, low-quality sleep, and circadian misalignment can sabotage weight loss success.

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