Professional Development
We aim to support the obesity medicine physician workforce in partnership with other healthcare professional organizations. We also promote medical education research in the field of obesity medicine.
Obesity Medicine Clinical Practice Resources
The ABOM Foundation is working to provide information and create resources that help obesity
medicine physicians and their clinical practices.
Highlights in Obesity Medicine Educational Research
An Obesity Medicine Curriculum Increases the Obesity Care Self-Efficacy of Internal Medicine Residents in the Primary Care Setting
Marci Laudenslager, MD MHS
Published in Clinical Obesity in 2024, this study examined how a multicomponent curriculum for obesity medicine in primary care influenced Internal Medicine residents’ self-efficacy to treat obesity by comparing outcomes between residents who had and did not have access to the curriculum. The research team found that the curriculum was feasible and increased residents’ self-efficacy for counseling on nutrition, behavior change, weight-gain-promoting medications, anti-obesity medications, and metabolic-bariatric surgical procedures beyond what is achieved with usual Internal Medicine training. The ABOM Foundation provided funding to support this research.
Professional Development News
OAC and ABOM Foundation Release “Commit to Care” Promise to Strengthen Patient–Clinician Partnership in Obesity Care
OAC and ABOM Foundation Release “Commit to Care” Promise to Strengthen Patient–Clinician Partnership in Obesity Care As part of Obesity Care Week and World Obesity Day 2026, the ABOM Foundation in collaboration with the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) have released...
ABOM Foundation Endorses Standards for Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in Adults
On January 13, 2026, the Obesity Association -- a division of the American Diabetes Association -- released the chapter on the Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in Adults as part of their Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity. This article was simultaneously...
Results of ABOM Foundation-Funded Obesity Medicine Educational Research Published
Results of ABOM Foundation-Funded Obesity Medicine Educational Research Published In Obesity Pillars, Dr. Marci Laudenslager from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine led a research team that conducted a prospective study evaluating the impact of an online...
New Publications on Obesity Medicine Fellowship Training
New Publications on Obesity Medicine Fellowship Training The Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council (OMFC) was established in 2018 with the goal to expand specialty training opportunities and increase the fellowship-trained obesity medicine physician workforce. There are...
