In the first Clinical Update episode of 2026, MIMS Learning editors Dawn Liz Powell and Rhiannon Ashman look at the goals of MIMS Learning’s new editorial campaign — Confidence in Obesity Care.

One of the goals of the campaign is to help GPs and other healthcare professionals better understand the role of GLP-1 medications (also known as weight loss medications) in the management of obesity, looking at which medications can be prescribed in primary care and which patients are eligible for them.

Another goal is to promote obesity management that encompasses the whole patient and not just their BMI.

Dawn and Rhiannon also look at some of the complications of obesity, including cardio-renal-metabolic (CVRM) disease and young-onset type 2 diabetes.

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, healthcare professionals should be better able to:

• Recall the prevalence of obesity and why its management is important
• Discuss what NHS programmes are available for supporting weight loss
• Recall the available management options for obesity
• State which patients are eligible for weight loss medications
• Review the connection between obesity and young-onset type 2 diabetes

You can access the website version of this podcast, along with a list of key learning points, on MIMS Learning - and make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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