Activity Description

In less than 30 minutes, you can watch this on-demand, case-based activity from the proceedings of a CE symposium at the 18th Annual Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health Conference. Learn about:

• The most up-to-date AHA/ACC/TOS, AACE, ENDO, and ANPF obesity guidelines
• The safety and efficacy of lifestyle strategies for weight-loss
• Collaborating with the patient about implementing lifestyle strategies to maximize weight-loss

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

1. Summarize the recommendations for obesity management in practice guidelines from AHA/ACC/TOS, AACE, the Endocrine Society, and ANPF 
2. Evaluate the efficacy and safety data associated with weight-loss strategies, including lifestyle and dietary interventions and behavioral approaches 
3. Collaborate with patients to help them identify weight-loss goals and effective weight-loss strategies 
   
    

Faculty

 

Mary Annette Hess, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS 

Assistant Professor/Family Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Nursing
Birmingham, AL

 

 

Faculty Biography

Mary Annette Hess, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS 

Mary Annette Hess, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing and an Affiliate Member of graduate faculty at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr Hess received her BSN degree at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama and her MSN degree in Nursing Education at Troy State University in Alabama. She went on to complete her FNP degree and PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion at UAB. 

Dr Hess is an active researcher in the prevention and management of prediabetes, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetes outcomes and is currently a co-investigator for the NIH-sponsored ENCOURAGE-1 and ENCOURAGE-2 (iAdapt) studies. She has authored or co-authored numerous books, book chapters, and journal articles, and presented her research at several national meetings. She is the Chair for the UAB School of Nursing (SON) Faculty Practice committee and a member of the SON Executive Committee. Dr Hess also serves as an educational member for the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health and Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, and is on the Board of Directors for Southeastern Diabetes Education Services. 

Disclosure Statements

NPWH policy requires all faculty to disclose any affiliation or relationship with a commercial interest that may cause a potential, real, or apparent conflict of interest with the content of a CE program. NPWH does not imply that the affiliation or relationship will affect the content of the CE program. Disclosure provides participants with information that may be important to their evaluation of an activity. 

Conflicts of interest were resolved according to NPWH policy prior to development of content. 

NPWH policy requires authors to disclose to the participant when presenting information about unlabeled use of any commercial product or device or an investigational use of a drug or device not yet approved for any use. 

Faculty

Mary Annette Hess, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS 

Dr Hess has no disclosures to be made.

 

She does not discuss information related to any non-FDA-approved or investigational use of any product/device. 

Educational Planning Committee

Spire Learning

Erin Franceschini, MS, Lauren Waters, and Lisa Conklin have nothing to disclose.

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

Susan Rawlins, MS, WHNP-BC, NP, has nothing to disclose. 

 

Disclaimer

The participating faculty determines the editorial content of the CE activity and the content does not necessarily represent the views of NPWH or Spire Learning. This content has been peer reviewed for validation of clinical content. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate, clinicians are responsible for evaluating this information in relation to generally accepted standards in their own communities and integrating the information in this activity with those of established recommendations of other authorities, national guidelines, FDA-approved package inserts, and individual patient characteristics. 

 

Off-Label Statement 

This educational activity does not contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. 

Further, participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.
 

Levels of Evidence 

Strength of recommendations ratings from the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults and the Pharmacological Management of Obesity: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline are provided for patient care recommendations made during this activity.

 

2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

 

NHLBI Grading of the Strength of Recommendations
Grade	Strength of Recommendation
A	Strong recommendation There is high certainty based on evidence that the net benefit is substantial.
B	Moderate recommendation There is moderate certainty based on evidence that the net benefit is moderate to substantial, or there is high certainty that the net benefit is moderate.
C	Weak recommendation There is at least moderate certainty based on evidence that there is a small net benefit.
D	Recommendation against There is at least moderate certainty based on evidence that there is no net benefit or that risks/harms outweigh benefits.
E	Expert opinion (“There is insufficient evidence or evidence is unclear or conflicting, but this is what the Work Group recommends.”)
N	No recommendation for or against (“There is insufficient evidence or evidence is unclear or conflicting.”)

Source: Jensen MD, et al. Obesity. 2014;22:S1-S410.

 

Pharmacological Management of Obesity: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

 

Grade 1: Strong recommendation

 

Grade 2: Weak recommendation

 

High quality of evidence (): Consistent evidence from well performed RCTs or exceptionally strong evidence from unbiased observational studies

 

Moderate quality of evidence (): Evidence from RCTs with important limitations (inconsistent results, methodological flaws, indirect or imprecise evidence), or unusually strong evidence from unbiased observational studies

 

Low quality of evidence (): Evidence for at least one critical outcome from observational studies, from RCTs with serious flaws, or indirect evidence

 

Very low quality of evidence (): Evidence for at least one of the critical outcomes from unsystematic clinical observations or very indirect evidence

 

Source:  Apovian CM, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015;100:342-362; Swiglo MH, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93:666-673.