Also called: Bariatric Medicine Physician
A doctor who specializes in treating obesity with nutrition, medication, and coordination with surgery.
Sees patients struggling with weight and related diseases, prescribes newer weight-loss medications, builds eating and activity plans with dietitians, and refers some patients for bariatric surgery.
Estimate; BLS top-codes physician wages.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 12 years after high school. Medical degree and residency plus obesity medicine board certification.
Ways in: Professional school, Certification. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Nutrition, Pre-Medicine.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Demand surging with new GLP-1 medications.
Low risk for 10 years. AI tracks weight and glucose data and drafts notes; prescribing, managing side effects and long-term coaching stay with the doctor.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Nutrition or foods class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1229.
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