EXAM RESOURCES

The American Board of Obesity Medicine has identified the following textbooks relevant to obesity medicine that have been published within the last 10 years as well as clinical practice guidelines published within the last 5 years. While older obesity treatment guidelines exist, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies states that guidelines are valid up to 5 years and after this point they must be updated or deemed expired.

Obesity Medicine

• Framework for the Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity and its Complications from the European Association for the Study of Obesity (2025) – McGowan et al. Nat Med. PMID: 41039115.
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Algorithm for the Evaluation and Treatment of Adults with Obesity/Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease – 2025 Update (2025) – Nadolsky et al. Endocr Pract. PMID: 40956256.
• Canadian Pharmacotherapy for Obesity Management in Adults: 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update (2025) – Pederson et al. CMAJ. PMID: 40789597. [Open Access]
• ADA Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity (2025-2026) – ADA Professional Practice Committee for Obesity. (complete standards in progress)
  • Introduction and methodology: Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity-2025. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. PMID: 40379435. [Open Access]
  • Weight stigma and bias: standards of care in overweight and obesity-2025. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. PMID: 40379436. [Open Access]
  • Pharmacologic treatment of obesity in adults: Standards of care in overweight and obesity-2026. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. PMID: 41529914. [Open Access]
• Clinical Management of Obesity (2025) – Apovian, Aronne & Barenbaum (Eds.); Professional Communications Inc, West Islip NY (available at no cost from The Obesity Society)
• Handbook of Obesity, Two-Volume Set (2024) – Bray & Bouchard (Eds.); CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
• Obesity Algorithm (2026) – Tondt & Freshwater (Eds.); Obesity Medicine Association
• AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on Pharmacological Interventions for Adults with Obesity (2022) – Grunvald et al. Gastroenterology. PMID: 36273831. [Open Access]
• Primary Care: Evaluation and Management of Obesity (2021) – Kushner, Bessesen & Gilden (Eds.); Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands
• Obesity Prevention and Treatment: A Practical Guide (2021) – Rippe & Foreyt (Eds.); CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
• Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines (2020) – Wharton et al. CMAJ. PMID: 32753461. [Open Access]
• Handbook of Obesity Treatment (2018) – Wadden & Bray (Eds.); Guildford Press, New York, NY

Pediatric Obesity Medicine

• Managing Obesity in Children: A Clinical Practice Guideline (2025) – Ball et al. CMAJ. PMID: 40228835 [Open Access]
• Pediatric Obesity Algorithm (2026) – Cuda (Ed.); Obesity Medicine Association
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity (2023) – Hampl et al. Pediatrics. PMID: 36622115. [Open Access]
• Managing Pediatric Obesity Using Advanced Therapies (2023) – Fox (Ed.); Springer Nature, Switzerland
• Pediatric Obesity: Etiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment (2018) – Freemark (Ed.); Springer International Publishing, Switzerland

Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery

• 2022 ASMBS and IFSO Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (2023) – Eisenberg et al. Obes Surg. PMID: 36336720. [Open Access]
• The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery (2020) – Nguyen, Brethauer, Morton, Ponce & Rosenthal (Eds.); Springer Nature, Switzerland
• The SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery (2018) – Reavis, Barrett & Kroh (Eds.); Springer International Publishing, Switzerland
• Bariatric Surgery Complications: The Medical Practitioner’s Essential Guide (2017) – Blackstone (Ed.); Springer International Publishing, Switzerland
• Bariatric Surgery Complications and Emergencies (2016) – Herron (Ed.); Springer International Publishing, Switzerland

Non-Surgical Procedures for Obesity

• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy-European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Guideline on Primary Endoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Therapies for Adults with Obesity (2024) – Jirapinyo et al. Endoscopy. PMID: 38641332. [Open Access]
• AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity (2021) – Muniraj et al. Gastroenterology. PMID: 33832655. [Open Access]