10.25.2023 OMA Board Book

Obesity Pillars Items for Review OMA BOT Meeting 10/25/2023 Harold E. Bays MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FNLA, FASPC Editor-in-Chief, Obesity Pillars

• Elsevier challenges (i.e., personnel turnover) and benefits (website)

• Obesity Pillars article structure

• Collaborations

o American Society of Preventive Cardiology o National Lipid Association o Obesity Canada : Five publications regarding standards of care and competencies o “Obesity Pillars Obesity and Asian Populations Virtual Special Issue” with Guest Editors:

Dr Yang Zhao | BA, MPH, PhD A/Professor of Public Health & Epidemiology Academic lead of Digital Health & Stroke Program, The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Dr. Nitin Kapoor , MBBS, MD(Med), DM(Endo), Post Doc Fellowship (Endo), PhD (University of Melbourne) Professor and Head (Unit 1), Dept. of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,

Christian Medical College, Vellore (TN) - 632004, India

• Accomplishments o Volumes 7 & 8

o Review time average of 21 days o Over 160,000 downloads o Over 20 OMA Clinical Practice Statements o Roundtables, reviews, short reports, and original science o Most downloaded past 90 days: Artificial Intelligence, Comprehensive Care, Compounded Peptides, Nutrition and Physical Activity

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