Weight loss medications: Why lifestyle still matters

Weight loss medications can help people lose significant weight, but long-term success comes from more than just medication. In this episode, we break down why nutrition, exercise, and hydration are key to feeling your best while on weight loss medication—and how to maintain weight loss over time. Plus, learn how UPMC Health Plan health coaches can help you build lasting healthy habits. 

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Guest Speaker

Tish Rohan

Tish Rohan is the senior director of clinical affairs at UPMC Health Plan. In her current role, Tish focuses on optimizing clinical and health coaching services through effective population health management strategies. She leads several operational teams that provide lifestyle health coaching, behavioral health support, and health navigation to Health Plan members. Her work emphasizes the power of prevention in all phases of life, stressing the importance of wellness and self-care in preventing and managing disease. Tish has worked in progressive roles at the Health Plan since 2014. Prior to joining UPMC, she held leadership roles in digital consultative sales for higher education, as a director of training for clinical and hospital staff, and as a director of education for community, staff, and patients at two large health systems. Tish holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Specialized Studies in Health Sciences and a Master of Science in Health Promotion and Health Care Management. Tish lives in the Pittsburgh area with her husband, Kevin. She also has three children, Ethan, Benjamin, and Emelia; and two rowdy but adorable French bulldogs, Lucy and Charlotte.

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