CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Managing Weight Gain on ART

Episode Summary

Listen as Drs Cristina Mussini and William Short discuss the potential role of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in weight change among people living with HIV, whether ART switch can lead to weight loss after weight gain, and how to counsel people living with HIV on weight loss options, including lifestyle modifications and nonpharmacologic methods.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Cristina Mussini, MD,and William R. Short, MD, MPH, FIDSA,discuss the potential role of ART in weight change among people living with HIV.

Listen to their conversation on whether ART switch can lead to weight loss after weight gain and how to counsel people living with HIV on weight loss options, including lifestyle modifications and nonpharmacologic methods.

Presenters

Cristina Mussini, MD
Director of Infectious Diseases Clinics​
Professor of Infectious Diseases​
University of Modena School of Medicine​
Modena, Italy

William R. Short, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Associate Director of the ​
HIV Clinical Trials Unit​
Associate Professor of Medicine​
Division of Infectious Diseases​
Perelman School of Medicine​
University of Pennsylvania​
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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