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Donna Ryan

Donna H. Ryan, MD is Professor Emerita at Pennington Biomedical Research Center (Baton Rouge, LA) and a world-renowned obesity medicine researcher, past president of The Obesity Society and current President of World Obesity Federation.

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PODCASTS

Jul 21, 2026

Decera Clinical Education Medical Specialties Podcast

Decera Clinical Education Medical Specialties Podcast

Enhancing Obesity Care With Emerging Novel Therapies, Maintenance Strategies, and Individualized Priorities

Jul 21 · 19m

4:22

and oral therapy may become an important maintenance strategy.

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4:26

I am so glad you said that.

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4:28

You know, it's a major problem in the United States.

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4:32

We have really good uptake of these medicines, but we really have a problem keeping people on them.

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4:38

These are chronic disease medications and need to be taken over the long term.

Donna RyanGUEST

4:42

So I agree.

Donna RyanGUEST

4:43

I think the emergence of these oral medications and studies like AttainMaintain that show how to transition from an injectable to an oral are going to help with that.

7 MINS LATER

12:18

We are more now interested in the organ protective effect of this medication, not just for BMI or weight reduction itself.