Community Outreach

The clinic’s multidisciplinary team is involved in various community outreach projects. MWM received an Innovations Grant for MWM’s WVU Medicine Produce Prescription Program. In this program, MWM distributes produce to clinic patients with education on growing and cooking plants. Medical Weight Management runs a Facebook support group. Dr. Haggerty is the Medical Director for WVU’s Walk With a Future Doc (WWAD) which is a series of community walks. Numerous team members have given talks, interviews, or written articles that have educated the public on the following topics:

• Bariatric Surgery Myths
• Falling in love with a healthier you
• Effects of chronic disease on weight
• 5 Tips to enjoy a healthy Halloween that won’t frighten away your weight goals
• Oh my gourd, it’s October!
• Healthy Harrison Podcast, Obesity (Healthy Harrison Podcast)AHA Dietary Guidelines

Did you know that WVU Medical Weight Management is frequently cited in the media?

Dr. Davisson Print:

• Interview, Loseit.com, Is Short-term Ozempic Use Ever Okay?, column by Paige Brettingen, 6/26/2024 https://www.loseit.com/articles/is-short-term-ozempic-use-ever-okay/

• Interview Loseit.com, Interview How Fast Does Weight Loss Happen on GLP-1 Drugs?, column by Paige Brettingen, 6/15/2024 https://www.loseit.com/articles/how-fast-does-weight-loss-happen-on-a-glp-1-drug/

• Interview, Loseit.com, Interview 7 questions to ask your doctor before taking a weight loss drug, column by Paige Brettingen, 6/14/2024 https://www.loseit.com/articles/questions-to-ask-your-doctor-before-taking-a-weight-loss-drug/

• Interview, Medscape, Interview Helping patients navigate high costs of GLP-1 medications, column by Steph Weber, 6/3/2024 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/helping-patients-navigate-high-costs-glp-1-medications-2024a1000ac4?form=fpf

• Interview Are you sure you want an Ozempic pill?, column by Yasmin Tayag, 12/2023 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/12/obesity-drugs-ozempic-pills-injections/676359/

• Interview, Time. Should We End Obesity?, column by Jamie Ducharme, 11/8/2023 https://time.com/6330809/ozempic-wegovy-mounjaro-healthy/

• Interview, Associated Press, Author Supply problems and insurance issues make popular weight-loss drugs hard to get, column by Tom Murphy, 9/16/2023 https://apnews.com/article/wegovy-ozempic-mounjaro-shortage-insurance-64014bc2887a518b33c597b2bf936e37\

• Author, Pittsburgh Post Gazette Expert Insights column, Author Interview Author Unpacking the discourse around Ozempic and related medications for weight loss, 8/26/2023 https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2023/08/26/ozempic-weight-loss-medications/stories/202308270016

Dr. Davisson Radio/TV:

• Television Interview, Today Show, What happens when popular weight loss drugs don’t work?, 4/2/2024
• Radio interview, WV Metronews Statewide Talkline with Hoppy Kerchival, Obesity Medications, 11/2023

Dr. Davisson Podcasts:

• Podcast interview, Obesity: A Disease, Advocacy, recorded 9/2023
• Podcast interview, The Medicine Mentors podcast, 11/2020
• Podcast interview, Obesity: A Disease, Review: DPP and Metformin, 6/2021

Medical Weight Management Registered Dietitian Judy Siebart:

• Interview, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 15, 2023. https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2023/07/15/pickles-health-benefits/stories/20230716001

• Author, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 2020 https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2023/07/23/diet-soda-aspartame-alternatives/stories/202307190081?fbclid=IwAR36lrPvbWYykpGOI59Ht8Pgyka5aqWSzeiMALt_EVQH7lfd1EmYgO1utKA 

• Author, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 29, 2-23 https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2023/09/29/food-insecurity-is-all-around-us-join-the-food-fight/stories/202309030001

Dr. Haggerty:

• Interview, STAT, 1/10/2024. https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/10/weight-loss-products-adolescents/
• Interview, NY Times, 10/31/2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/magazine/teen-bariatric-surgery.html?smid=url-share