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1h 28m 7sPart 3 | Session 2 Preventing Irreversible Organ Damage: Treating Progressive Obesity
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1h 29m 14sPart 3 | Session 3 Remodelling Risk: How Obesity Drives CVD and CKD – and How to Intervene
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7m 18sPart 1 Welcome & Programme Overview
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In this primary care-focused track, Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK), Helen Parretti (Beccles, UK) and Lydia Alexander (San Mateo, US) explore the critical early decisions that can alter cardiometabolic risk, highlighting opportunities for earlier detection, timely intervention and disease modification in obesity management.
Presentations:
- Is Watchful Waiting Appropriate in the Management of Obesity? – Richard Hobbs
- Detecting Early CKM Involvement in Primary Care – Helen Parretti
- Intervening Early: Disease Modifying Therapies – Lydia Alexander
New Horizons in Obesity Management returned on 17 June 2026 for its third edition, bringing together leading international experts to explore obesity as a central driver of cardio-kidney-metabolic (CKM) disease and a key contributor to multimorbidity across organ systems.
Through a series of practical, evidence-based sessions, faculty examined the latest science, clinical data and treatment strategies shaping modern obesity care. The programme introduced three dedicated specialty tracks – cardiology, primary care and obesity-focused practice – allowing attendees to follow the learning pathway most relevant to their clinical practice or explore the full spectrum of content on demand. Across the sessions, experts discussed lifestyle, pharmacological and procedural approaches, with a focus on translating emerging evidence into real-world patient care.
Led by course directors Dr Angela Fitch (Knownwell, Boston, US), Prof Richard Hobbs (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) and Prof Nikolaus Marx (University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, DE), the programme featured a distinguished global faculty and explored how earlier intervention, multidisciplinary collaboration and evolving obesity therapies can improve outcomes across the CKM continuum.
Watch the full on-demand series* to catch up on the latest insights, practical guidance and expert discussion from the event.
*Please note, the live version of New Horizons in Obesity Management was accredited. The on-demand version is not.
The symposium 'Real-World Decisions: Implementing Disease-Modifying Obesity Therapy in Primary Care' is available to watch via the link below:
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how obesity drives risk for CKM diseases
- Explain the biological links between obesity and CKM diseases
- Assess how modern obesity medications may modify disease and improve CKM outcomes
- Apply multidisciplinary, translational strategies to improve patient outcomes
- Implement practical strategies to support long-term disease modification and sustained weight loss in real-world settings
- Identify gaps in current care and evaluate emerging therapeutic targets from ongoing clinical trials
Target Audience
- Cardiologists
- Diabetologists
- Endocrinologists
- Nephrologists
- Nurses
- Obesity Specialists
- Primary Care Physicians
More from this programme
Part 1
Welcome & Programme Overview
In this welcome session, Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK), Angela Fitch (Boston, US) and Nikolaus Marx (Aachen, DE) introduce the programme, share the key learning objectives and outline the clinical priorities shaping the future of obesity management.
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Part 2
Session 1 | The CKM Axis Begins With Obesity
In this foundational session, Nikolaus Marx (Aachen, DE), Angela Fitch (Boston, US), Harold Bays (Louisville, US) and Naveed Sattar (Glasgow, UK) examine obesity as the starting point of CKM disease, exploring its biological impact, cardiovascular consequences and evolving treatment strategies.
Part 3
Session 2 | Translating CKM Mechanisms Into Clinical Practice
In this interactive track-based session, expert faculty translate the mechanisms of CKM disease into practical clinical decision-making, exploring how obesity can be addressed across the continuum of risk, from early intervention and risk modification to advanced organ disease management. Choose to follow the pathway most relevant to your practice, or watch all three tracks, led by course directors Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK), Angela Fitch (Boston, US) and Nikolaus Marx (Aachen, DE).
Part 4
Session 3 | From Silos to Strategy: Coordinating Obesity Care
In this collaborative session, the course directors bring the three specialty tracks back together, exploring how obesity care can be coordinated across disciplines to support timely intervention, aligned decision-making and better outcomes across the CKM continuum.
Part 5
Session 4 | Precision Obesity Care: Biomarkers, Data and the Next Wave of Therapies
In this forward-looking session, Harold Bays (Louisville, US) and Naveed Sattar (Glasgow, UK) explore the next generation of obesity management, examining emerging therapies, combination treatment strategies and the evolving role of biomarkers in personalised cardiometabolic risk assessment.
Part 6
Session 5 | From Evidence to Access: Implementing Obesity Care Across Health Care Systems
In this interactive panel session, Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK), Luc Van Gaal (Antwerp, BE), Erin Michos (Baltimore, US), Sean Wharton (Toronto, CA) and Ozden Gokdemir (Izmir, TR) discuss the real-world challenges of implementing obesity care, exploring how evidence can be translated into equitable access across different healthcare systems.
Part 7
Session 6 | From Intervention to Impact: Creating a Sustainable Obesity-CKM Ecosystem
In this penultimate session, Nikolaus Marx (Aachen, DE), Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK), Angela Fitch (Boston, US) and James Burton (Leicester, UK) explore how to build a sustainable obesity–CKM care model, focusing on long-term prevention pathways, organ protection and integrated cardio-kidney management.
Part 8
Key Takeaways and Closing Remarks
In this closing session, the course directors reflect on the key insights and practical takeaways from across the programme, highlighting priorities for advancing obesity management and CKM care in clinical practice.
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Faculty Biographies
Richard Hobbs
Professor and Head of Primary Care Health Services
Richard Hobbs is Professor and Head of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK. He is Co-Director of the Quality and Outcomes Review Panel and Deputy Director of the National Institute for Health Research National School for Primary Care Research.
Prof Hobbs serves on numerous scientific boards and is chair of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council of Primary Care, as well as the Prevention and Care Board of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). His publications include 25 book chapters, nine edited books and more than 250 original papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Helen Parretti
Dr Helen Parretti is a GP at the Beccles Medical Centre in Suffolk, UK. Dr Parretti is a clinical academic and researcher with an interdisciplinary background spanning chemistry and medicine. She holds an MA in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, a PhD in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Birmingham, and an MBBS from St George’s, University of London, alongside an MSc with Distinction in Clinical Primary and Community Care.
Her research interests are in obesity and primary care. Her research is focussed on improving the care of people living with obesity, in particular within primary care settings, with particular expertise in the long term care of patients who have had bariatric surgery. In addition to conducting clinical trials, Helen has completed several qualitative studies, systematic reviews and studies using routine GP data.
Lydia Alexander
Chief Medical Officer
Dr Lydia Alexander is Chief Medical Officer at Enara Health in San Mateo, California. Dr Alexander earned her medical degree at the UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California; then completed an internal medicine residency at Kaiser Permanente, followed by a chief residency at Kaiser Hospital, both in California. She is trained as a culinary medicine specialist from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr Alexander is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr Alexander is Past President of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA). She was a co-led in the creation of OMA’s speakers bureau and has been highly involved in the work of several OMA committees and subcommittees. Dr Alexander’s research has been published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine and in Obesity Pillars. She…