In this episode of In the Know with Nina, Dr. Nina Crowley chats with Dr. Monu Khanna, a board-certified obesity medicine physician at the VA in St. Louis, about how the gender health gap affects women with obesity. Dr. Khanna also previews her upcoming talk at the Obesity Medicine Association Summit, where she’ll focus on empowering healthcare providers to close this gap and optimize outcomes for their female patients.

Dr. Khanna shares how valuable body composition analysis can be for tailoring obesity treatment for women and how key metrics like muscle mass and visceral fat provide more personalized insights, particularly for women navigating hormonal changes like menopause. Dr. Khanna also highlights the gender gap in obesity research and care, offering strategies to close this gap and optimize outcomes for female patients.