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Obesity affects ~4 in 10 U.S. adults1, and the way physicians diagnose and treat obesity is changing quickly. New medications have expanded what physicians can offer patients and has raised practical questions about access, side effects, the evolving role of lifestyle intervention, and more. Even the definition of clinical obesity is evolving2, with more attention to how it affects a person’s health and daily life. The conversation is also expanding beyond weight loss to cardiovascular health, sleep apnea, and other obesity-related complications—bringing more specialties into obesity care.
The evolution of the field has also brought more physicians to seek formal training in obesity medicine. According to the ABOM, a record 2,000 physicians passed the 2025 certification exam3. Obesity medicine physicians represent diverse training and specialty pathways, representing internal medicine, family medicine, endocrinology, surgery, pediatrics and more.
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Why we’re bringing obesity medicine physicians together on Roon
Obesity care is changing quickly—and it crosses nearly every specialty. Keeping up means more than reading the latest study. It requires learning from physicians who are grappling with the evidence and figuring out how to put that evidence into practice.
How are colleagues getting GLP-1RAs covered for their patients? What did they take away from the TRIUMPH-1 trial of retatrutide? How are they integrating obesity care into primary care networks?
MedTwitter once made it easy to have those conversations across specialties. But today, much of that exchange is scattered across group chats, text threads, and private channels—valuable to the people included, invisible to everyone else. Roon brings those conversations into a shared space where more physicians can find them, contribute, and learn from one another.
That’s why we’re bringing the obesity medicine community together on Roon. Whether you practice obesity medicine full time or care for patients with obesity within another specialty, we invite you to join. Bring a question, share an experience, or see how colleagues are approaching challenges you face in your own practice.
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Meet the founding physicians
Our founding physicians bring perspectives from across obesity care. They’ll help shape the community, lead conversations, and share what they’re learning in research and practice.
