The Dr. Francavilla Show

By Dr. Francavilla

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Carolynn Francavilla, MD is Board Certified in Family Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She owns and operates Green Mountain Partners for Health and Colorado Weight Care. Dr. Francavilla is a nationally recognized obesity expert, lecturing on the topic obesity as well as through her own platform HelpYourPatientsLoseWeight.com. She serves on the Obesity Medicine Association Board of Trustees. She is an Assistant Professor at Rocky Vista University and Volunteer Faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is passionate about helping people lose weight to treat and prevent medical problems. Dr. Francavilla has learned that losing weight and keeping it off is complex and not a matter of will power, but biology, and seeks to help others finds healthy longterm solutions to their weight.

Episode Date
Menopause and Weight Essentials with Dr. Raina Patel
Aug 24, 2026
Insomnia with Dr. Muhammad Usama
Aug 17, 2026
What is Metabolic Health with Dr. Linsday Ogle
Aug 10, 2026
Nutrition Made Simple in 30 Minutes
Aug 03, 2026
JAMA Secret Shopper and What Obesity Care Should Actually Look Like
Jul 27, 2026
Cut Back Screen Time to Improve your Health and Weight
Jul 20, 2026
GLP1s, Surgery, and Menopause with Triple Threat Dr. Angela Glasnapp
Jul 13, 2026
Five New Shifts in How Exercise Affects Health
Jul 06, 2026
Genetics of Obesity with Dr. Jesse Richards
Jun 29, 2026
Wegovy, Zepbound, and Foundayo Coverage for Medicare Patients with the Bridge Program
Jun 22, 2026
Custom GLP1 Dosing With Dr. Ian Justl Ellis of Voafit
Jun 15, 2026
Micro-Dosing GLPs Like Wegovy and Zepbound — Do We Even Need To???
Jun 08, 2026
Calorie Counting and Logging- Should you do it and what to know
Jun 01, 2026
Wegovy High Dose: Who Should Take It and What Are the Side Effects?
May 25, 2026
You Are Doing Better Than You Think
May 18, 2026
Trauma and Its Impact on Health and Weight with Dr. Meghan Tierney
May 11, 2026
Foundayo: A New Medication for Obesity and Chronic Weight Management with Dr. Becky Andrick
May 04, 2026
Peptides: Concerns and Challenges with Dr. Michael Albert
Apr 27, 2026
Bariatric Surgery, Wegovy/Zepbound or both? With Dr. Jessica Cutler
Apr 20, 2026
Healthy Eating and Weight on a Budget With Dr. Mollie Cecil and Emily Shreve
Apr 13, 2026
GLP-1 Advice with Obesity Medicine Trailblazer Dr. Ken Fujioka
Apr 06, 2026
GLP-1 Meals Made Easy with Dr. Aliza Olive
Mar 30, 2026
3 Quick Ways to Reduce Stress with Dr. Anissa Cordova
Mar 25, 2026
The Four Hunger Cues with Dr. Laure DeMattia
Mar 16, 2026
Sleep Apnea and Zebpound, Insomnia, and Restless Legs with Dr. Usama
Mar 09, 2026
Seven Reasons to Cut Back on Alcohol
Mar 02, 2026
Muscle Mass and GLPs with Dr. Ali Novitsky
Feb 23, 2026
Zepbound, Wegovy, Phentermine....Which Weight Loss Medication is Right for You?
Feb 16, 2026
Tips for Binge Eating from “I Blew My Diet Now What” Author Connie Benett
Feb 09, 2026
Cut Through Health Noise: Wellness Advice with Dr. Heather Hammerstedt
Feb 02, 2026
The New Dietary Guidelines: Dr. Francavilla’s Thoughts
Jan 26, 2026
Body positivity in the GLP1 era with Dr. Meghan Tierney
Jan 19, 2026
Oral Wegovy: All You Need to Know About This New Medication, with Joseph Zucchi
Jan 12, 2026
Testosterone, Weight, and Health with Dr. Khashayar Farzam
Jan 05, 2026
Getting Rid of Overwhelm with Tips for 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Dec 29, 2025
Postpartum weight loss including Wegovy and Zepbound with Danielle Marston, FNP
Dec 22, 2025
Liver Disease and Your Weight with Dr. Rajvanshi
Dec 15, 2025
Heart Health, Cholesterol, Statins, and GLPs with Dr. Alo
Dec 08, 2025
Should I take a GLP-1 with Danielle Marston, FNP
Dec 01, 2025
Weight Loss Through the Holiday Season: Bonus GLP Tips!
Nov 24, 2025
Living with Diabetes with Patient Educator Danielle Batiste
Nov 17, 2025
Essentials on Type 2 Diabetes: Diet, Exercise, GLPs, and Surgery
Nov 10, 2025
Depression, Bias, Food Noise, and GLPs with Dr. Robyn Pashby
Nov 03, 2025
What Should Your Exercise Plan Really Be?
Oct 27, 2025
Weight Loss Travel Tips: Plus Bonus Tips on Traveling with Wegovy or Zepbound
Oct 20, 2025
Reflections on the Biggest Loser
Oct 13, 2025
Realistic Expectations for Zepbound and Wegovy GLP-1 Hub Founder: Ana Reisdorf
Oct 06, 2025
ADHD, Weight and Health with Dr. Carl Knopke
Sep 29, 2025
Breath Work's role in Health with Jessica Dibb
Sep 22, 2025
Self Compassion and GLPs for Weight loss with Melissa Mitri, RD
Sep 15, 2025
Can a test tell me if Wegovy or Zepbound will work for me? With Dr. Andres Acosta of Phenomix
Sep 08, 2025
What is Food Noise and how Zepbound and Wegovy turn it down
Sep 01, 2025
Changing Mindset to Overcome Yo-Yo Dieting, Emotional Eating, and Improving Your Relationship with Food with Lisa Goldberg
Aug 25, 2025
Calling BS on Weight Bias: Your Weight is Not Your Fault
Aug 18, 2025
Using ChatGPT to Eat Healthier and Lose Weight
Aug 11, 2025
Why Is It Hard to Get Zepbound or Wegovy and What Can I Do? With Dr. Nikita Shah
Aug 04, 2025
Progress Over Perfection to Improve Your Health
Jul 28, 2025
Individual Health Needs in Pregnancy with Dr. Kimberley Sampson
Jul 21, 2025
A Mid-Year Review of Your Goals
Jul 14, 2025
Why isn't Wegovy or Zepbound Working for me?
Jul 07, 2025
Mind Body Health- Simple Tips with Vicki Gold, PT
Jun 30, 2025
Meet Dr. Amy Luu and Her Passion for Health Before Pregnancy
Jun 23, 2025
Unique Health Challenges for Women with Nurse Practitioner Sandra Christensen
Jun 16, 2025
Misinformation About Weight Loss on Social Media with Dr. Farah Deshmukh
Jun 09, 2025
Pediatric Obesity with Dr. Lisa Tritto
Jun 02, 2025
Weird Weight Loss Side Effects
May 26, 2025
Focus on Gut Health with Erica Gutierrez, RDN
May 19, 2025
Exercise Snacks! A little bit goes a long way!
May 12, 2025
Tips to Reframe Failure
May 05, 2025
Side Effects on Zepbound and Wegovy- Tips and Tricks
Apr 28, 2025
How to Deal with People Pressuring You to Eat
Apr 21, 2025
Culinary Medicine with Christina Badaracco
Apr 14, 2025
What to Do If You Can't Get Compounded Semaglutide or Tirzepatide with Joe Zucchi
Apr 07, 2025
Do you need to break your weight plateau?
Mar 31, 2025
But I Don't Have Any Time! with Molly Lupo
Mar 24, 2025
Wegovy vs. Zepbound: Which Is Right for Me?
Mar 17, 2025
What You Need to Know About Eating on GLP-1s with Dietitian Su-Nui Escobar
Mar 10, 2025
What Is Fast-Mimicking with Renee Fitton
Mar 03, 2025
Why Are You Overeating and What You Can Do to Prevent It
Feb 24, 2025
Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery with Dr. Kyle Thompson
Feb 17, 2025
Dr. Alexandra Sowa and the Ozempic Revolution
Feb 10, 2025
Dr. Robert Kushner- What is Obesity and Explaining the Lancet Consensus on Pre-Clinical vs Clinical Obesity
Feb 03, 2025
Defining Obesity and Reflecting on the Lancet Consensus
Jan 27, 2025
Obesity, Sleep Apnea, and Zepbound with Dr. Jeremy McConnell
Jan 20, 2025
Do You Need to Take Zepbound or Wegovy Forever with Dr. Angela Fitch
Jan 13, 2025
Getting Started on Zepbound or Wegovy
Jan 06, 2025
Setting Goals for the New Year
Dec 30, 2024
Exploring Eating Disorders with Dr. Kara Pepper
Dec 23, 2024
The Importance of Exercise in Aging Well
Dec 16, 2024
Exploring the Pros and Cons of the Ketogenic Diet
Dec 09, 2024
Phentermine and Qsymia - What You Need to Know About These Weight Loss Medications
Dec 02, 2024
How Do I Know If I Am Losing Too Much Weight on Zepbound or Wegovy?
Nov 25, 2024
How to Watch Your Weight for the Holiday Season
Nov 18, 2024
NYC Marathon: Everyday Lessons I Learned Running A Marathon
Nov 11, 2024
What to Do If You Stop Losing Weight or Reach a Plateau
Nov 04, 2024
Exploring "Good" vs. "Bad" Foods
Oct 28, 2024
Exploring Pendulum Probiotics with Dr. Perlman
Oct 21, 2024
Beyond Ozempic: The Future of Obesity Medicine with Dr. Mike Albert
Oct 14, 2024
Calocurb (Amarasate) for appetite suppression with Dr. Ed Walker
Oct 07, 2024
Celebrating 100 episodes and announcing the Medical Weight Loss Summit
Sep 30, 2024
What to Know About Type 2 Diabetes Including Lifestyle, Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Bariatric Surgery with Dr. Lindsay Ogle
Sep 23, 2024
Why We Need to Stop Focusing on the Cost of Obesity Medications
Sep 16, 2024
Why Do We Care About Body Composition? With Bradley Davie
Sep 09, 2024
Confessions from an Obesity Physician: The Things I Do Right
Sep 02, 2024
Confessions from an Obesity Physician Part 1
Aug 26, 2024
How to Handle Sugar Cravings
Aug 19, 2024
How to Determine Your Weight Gain Pattern to Pick a Weight Loss Medication or Lifestyle Plan
Aug 12, 2024
Changing Your Mindset About What a Healthy Diet Is
Aug 05, 2024
Blindness, Stomach Paralysis, and Suicide – What Are the Real Risks on Wegovy and Zepbound?
Jul 29, 2024
Beyond Traditional Thyroid treatment with Dr. Dana Gibbs
Jul 22, 2024
What to Do If You Feel Like You Messed Up Your Weight Loss Plan
Jul 15, 2024
The Four Tendencies: How to Get Yourself or Someone Else to Make the Health Changes They Need
Jul 08, 2024
Mental Health, Medications, and Weight with Dr. Amy Motamed
Jul 01, 2024
NEAT: Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis- Yes Taking the Stairs is Good for You!
Jun 24, 2024
Heart Health, Personalized Heart Testing, Wegovy, and More with Dr. Tracy Paeschke
Jun 17, 2024
What to Do When Your Weight Loss Plateaus
Jun 10, 2024
How to Stress Less to Weigh Less with Dr. Robyn Tiger
Jun 03, 2024
Strength Training on Wegovy® and Zepbound® Introducing GLP Strong!
May 27, 2024
Do I need to stay on Wegovy or Zepbound forever with Dr. Linda Anegawa
May 20, 2024
Riding the Emotions on Your Weight Loss Journey with Dr. Maribeth Orr
May 13, 2024
Joint Inflammation, Stress, and Weight with Dr. Isabelle Amigues
May 06, 2024
How to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
Apr 29, 2024
Obesity Medicine- Then and Now with Dr. Ethan Lazarus
Apr 22, 2024
5 Reasons to Eat Breakfast for Weight Loss
Apr 15, 2024
3 Nutrition Tips I Give Everyday
Apr 08, 2024
Strength Training, Mindset Coaching and more with Dr. Carrie Holland
Apr 01, 2024
My Thoughts on the Oprah Special on the Weight Loss Revolution
Mar 25, 2024
Understanding Your Brain to Learn How to Lose Weight with Dr. Caissa Troutman
Mar 18, 2024
Meal Prepping Tips for Weight Loss
Mar 11, 2024
Zepbound and Wegovy: What women need to know about weight loss with Dr. Persondek
Mar 04, 2024
Lipedema - What Is It and What Can We Do with Dr. Nicholas Pennings
Feb 26, 2024
How an Obesity Expert Can Help You Pick the Best Medication for Weight Loss with Dr. Beverly Tchang
Feb 19, 2024
Obesogens: What Are the Causes of Obesity with Dr. Courtney Younglove
Feb 12, 2024
Weight Loss Medication and Surgery: The Mindset Shifts to Embrace Treatment
Feb 05, 2024
Sleep and Weight- What's the Connection- with Dr. Audrey Wells
Jan 29, 2024
Seven Ways to Exercise When It's Too Cold Out (or too hot)
Jan 22, 2024
Food Addiction with Dr. Angela Zechmann
Jan 15, 2024
Habits- Seven Tips to Turn Them into Reality
Jan 08, 2024
PCOS- Nutrition, Medications, and Weight with Dr. Basma Faris
Jan 01, 2024
How many calories should you eat (Especially if on Wegovy or Zepbound!)
Dec 25, 2023
Supplements and Weight Loss: What You Need to Know with Dr. Sejal Desai
Dec 18, 2023
Diabetes: All About This Condition and Its Impact on Weight Loss with Dr. Harold Bays
Dec 11, 2023
7 Ways to Eat More Veggies Without a Salad
Dec 04, 2023
All about Zepbound (tirzepatide) with Dr. Alicia Shelly
Nov 27, 2023
Free gift as we celebrate one year of the Dr. Francavilla Show!
Nov 20, 2023
Taking the Stress out of Family Meal Time with Dr. Monica Davern
Nov 13, 2023
Finding truth in your weight graph
Nov 06, 2023
Changing Traditions to Change Your Health
Oct 30, 2023
Habits pick up where motivation leaves off- changing your approach to weight loss and health changes
Oct 23, 2023
Maintaining Weight Loss with Dr. Becky Andrick
Oct 16, 2023
Lifestyle Medicine, Plant-Based Eating, and family health with Dr. Towolawi
Oct 09, 2023
All about fat in the diet- what to eat and why!
Oct 02, 2023
The Menopause Menu with Dr. Susan Baumgaertel
Sep 25, 2023
What you need to know about Carbohydrates and Weight
Sep 18, 2023
How the Scarcity Mindset Makes You Overeat
Sep 11, 2023
Asthma, Allergies, and Weight with Dr. Kerry Reller
Sep 04, 2023
Protein Why we need it and how to eat more protein.
Aug 28, 2023
What should I do if I can't get my weight loss medication and are compounded peptides safe?
Aug 21, 2023
Weight and Your Liver Health- with Emily Sutton, PharmD
Aug 14, 2023
Menopause and Weight Gain- All the details with Dr. Becky Lynn
Aug 07, 2023
Medical Fitness and Strength Training with Jeff Young
Jul 31, 2023
Rethinking Body Image Chatter
Jul 24, 2023
The Science Behind Ultra Processed Food and Weight Gain
Jul 17, 2023
Moving beyond BMI to Your Healthy Weight with Dr. Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Jul 10, 2023
The 5 Objections to Using Medications for Weight Loss and Why They are WRONG!
Jul 03, 2023
Beyond the Scale with Nina Crowley, PhD, RD
Jun 26, 2023
Ozempic Face & Other Unintended Side Effects of Weight Loss
Jun 19, 2023
High Blood Pressure with Dr. Babalola
Jun 12, 2023
How to Work as a Family to Improve Health with Guest Dr. Bleistein
Jun 05, 2023
Accepting Reality
May 29, 2023
All About Sugar with Dr. Shah
May 22, 2023
Binge Eating with Dr. Harris
May 15, 2023
Making Peace with the Scale
May 08, 2023
Effects of Sleep and Stress on Weight and Health with Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers, DO
May 01, 2023
Recognizing & Resolving Emotional Eating with Dr. Rentea
Apr 24, 2023
Your Questions Answered: Constipation, Surgery, Medication for Kids, and More
Apr 17, 2023
What is mindful eating?
Apr 10, 2023
All About Life Coaching with Dr. Sarah Stombaugh, MD
Apr 03, 2023
5 Lies We Tell Ourselves
Mar 27, 2023
Your Questions About Weight-Loss Medications, ANSWERED
Mar 20, 2023
Weight Bias with Dr. Leslie Golden
Mar 13, 2023
Moving Past Black-and-White Thinking with Food
Mar 06, 2023
What Exactly Is Appetite?
Feb 27, 2023
What You Need to Know About Exercise
Feb 20, 2023
Should I Consider Bariatric Surgery?
Feb 13, 2023
5 Things to Do Before Trying to Lose Weight
Feb 06, 2023
Backup Plans: The Key to Success, Ep. 013
Jan 30, 2023
What's the Best Diet? Ep. 012
Jan 23, 2023
How Much Weight Do I Need to Lose? Ep. 011
Jan 16, 2023
How To Know If You Emotionally Eating And What You Can Do To Stop, Ep #010
Jan 09, 2023
How To Set A Goal You Can Achieve, Ep #009
Jan 02, 2023
Medications for Weight Loss with guest, Dr. Angela Fitch, Ep #008
Dec 26, 2022
How To Keep Your Health While Traveling With A Before, During, And After Plan For Travel, Ep #007
Dec 19, 2022
14 Tips To Get Started With Exercise, Ep #006
Dec 12, 2022
Keep up Healthy Habits During the Holidays, Ep #005
Dec 05, 2022
Not-So-Secret-Secrets To Maintaining Weight Loss, Ep #004
Nov 28, 2022
Why It's So Hard to Lose Weight, Ep #003
Nov 21, 2022
How to Stop Overeating at Night, Ep #002
Nov 14, 2022
Who I am and What An Obesity Physician Does, Ep #001
Nov 08, 2022