Reversing Obesity: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Li of Valley Obesity Medicine & Diabetes

Today on Healthy Team, Healthy Business, we welcome Dr. Michael Li, a physician who recently opened Valley Obesity Medicine & Diabetes right here in Winchester, Virginia. After over a decade in hospital medicine and serving as Chief Medical Officer at a large community health center, Dr. Li stepped away from the traditional model to build something different — a specialized obesity care practice focused on time, personalization, and root-cause medicine.

Obesity is one of the most pervasive chronic diseases in America, and Dr. Lee shares why so many patients (and physicians) struggle to address it inside the rushed, overloaded primary-care system. He explains how obesity fuels 200+ chronic conditions, why new GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound) are changing the landscape, and what comprehensive obesity care should look like.

From lifestyle medicine and specialized lab work to real talk about bariatric surgery and pharmaceutical options, Dr. Li breaks down what’s working, what’s evolving, and why this epidemic demands a new care model built around time, empathy, and science-based strategies.

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