Understanding Obesity and Midlife Health
Weight gain in midlife is one of the most common concerns women bring to their healthcare providers — and one of the most misunderstood. Too often it is attributed to lifestyle choices, when the real drivers are hormonal, neurological, and largely outside a patient's control.
In this lecture, Dr. Megha Poddar, co-author of the Canadian Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines and CMO of Nimble Health, gives clinicians a clear, evidence-based framework for treating obesity in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women — and introduces the concept of
MenObesity, the compounding overlap between menopause and obesity affecting 35% of midlife women.
What you will learn:
- Why obesity is a chronic brain disease — and how to explain it to patients without stigma
- The hormonal drivers of midlife weight gain, visceral fat, and muscle loss
- Why MenObesity must be treated as one condition, not two separate problems
- A practical guide to GLP-1 medications — agent selection, efficacy data, side effect management, and long-term use
- How HRT and GLP-1 therapy work together — and what the evidence actually says
- Nutrition and muscle preservation strategies for midlife women
- A real patient case study from first consultation to six-month outcomes
Participants leave with clinical tools they can use immediately and language they can bring straight into the consultation room.
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Instructors
Megha Poddar MD FRCPC ABOM -
1h 03min
Video duration -
1 Presentation Powerpoint File
Included with 42 slides -
Continued Education
Accredited for 1.5 CEs by the CDR
Masterclass Outline
Megha Poddar MD FRCPC ABOM
- Endocrinology and Metabolism specialist and Obesity Medicine physician, currently serving as Chief Medical Officer at Nymble Health
- Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and licensed endocrinologist with a clinical focus on metabolic and weight related conditions
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University
- Medical Director of the Medical Weight Management Centre of Canada and Clinical Director of the LMC Weight Management Program
- Contributing author to the McMaster University internal medicine textbook and the 2020 Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Active mentor and educator for healthcare professionals, and a strong advocate for evidence based obesity care and patient support
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