This learning pathway is designed to support clinicians pursuing certification through the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM). It provides recommended educational activities that build the knowledge and competencies required to excel on the ABOM exam and in clinical practice.

Take the ABOM exam with confidence knowing that you have prepared using top-rated resources from the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), the leading accredited provider of clinical obesity education. OMA offers a variety of convenient options for earning the 60 CME credits you need to apply for the exam and learning the material you may be tested on.

Recommended Lectures

Review Course for the ABOM Exam (2025) - 12 CME

Additional Study Courses for the 2025 ABOM Exam - 19 CME

(Use code PREPBUNDLE2025 and save 10% when you purchase the Review Course and the Additional Study Courses for the ABOM Exam in the OMA Academy)

Self Assessment Program - 9 CME

Obesity Medicine 2024 - Beyond Medication: The Role of Behavior Change - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Don’t Miss the Clues! Advanced Bariatric Nutrition and the MBS Patient - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Dietary Interventions for Obesity with and without GLP-1s - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Evidence-Based Management of MASLD and MASH in Patients with Obesity  - .75 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Updates in Obesity Management and Cardiometabolic Health - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Empowering Comprehensive Obesity Care from Youth to Adulthood - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Muscle Safety: Addressing GLP-1 Agonist Concerns with Exercise & Nutrition - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Investigational Anti-Obesity Drugs in the Pipeline - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Anti-Obesity Medications in Complex Cases - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Translating Physical Activity Consensus Recommendations to Obesity Care - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Optimizing Movement for Obesity Management: Evidence Based Applications - .5 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - Better Together: Optimizing Obesity Care Through Medical and Surgical Collaboration  - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2024 - Endobariatrics: Current Practice & Emerging Applications  - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2024 - Body Composition, AOMs, and Clinician-Led Care - 1.25 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - PCOS and Obesity - 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2024 - Navigating Midlife: Menopause's Impact on Obesity - .75 CME

Obesity Medicine 2024 - Weight Management in the Neurodiverse Patient- 1 CME

Obesity Medicine 2025 - The Challenges in Obesity Medicine in Disadvantaged Communities - 1 CME

There's HOPE: An Actionable, Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Obesity Care - 1 CME

Personalized Approach to Nutrition Planning: Meeting Your Patient Where They Are - 1 CME

Total: 60 CME

Member Pricing for all Recommended Lectures: $1,183.65

Non-Member Pricing for all Recommended Lectures: $1,493.25

Resources

American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM)

The American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) maintains standards for assessment and credentialing physicians in obesity medicine. Earning this certification sets physicians apart as having demonstrated competency in obesity care. The OMA provides accredited education to prepare physicians for the annual exam.

Obesity Pillars® Journal

Obesity Pillars® is an open-access online-only journal published by the Obesity Medicine Association in collaboration with Elsevier. Our medical journal is dedicated to publishing evidence-based research for health care clinicians in the field of obesity medicine. Obesity Pillars® serves as a resource to assist clinicians to deliver patient-centered obesity medicine care in alignment with the OMA’s four pillars of obesity treatment: Nutrition Therapy, Physical Activity, Behavioral Modification, Medical Interventions

Obesity: A Disease

Obesity: A Disease is the official OMA podcast exploring the many facets of the disease of obesity. Episodes provide valuable insights into this growing problem and better equip clinicians to understand and engage in treating this disease.

Resources Cont.

Obesity Algorithm 

The 2025 Obesity Algorithm® is an essential tool for any practice; it contains updated information on the mechanisms, evaluation, and treatment of obesity, including why obesity is a disease, how obesity causes the most common metabolic diseases encountered in clinical practice, and how to treat obesity to reduce disease risk.

This most recent update to the Obesity Algorithm® includes an extensive template on how to start an obesity medicine practice and practical recommendations for treating patients with obesity via telehealth. Additional updates include information about obesity and organ transplantation, kidney stones, and orthopedic complications.

Other updates include:

  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Approach and management of patients with increasing cholesterol with ketogenic diet
  • Update to Women and Obesity
  • Lipedema
  • Hypothalamic obesity
  • Obesity Setpoint Myth
  • Fruit Versus High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Inclusion of setmelanotide
  • Updated links to additional education resources