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title: "Webinar | Healthy Weight at Scale: Smarter GLP-1 Strategies for Employers"
description: Hear how employers can balance access, outcomes, and cost control with First Stop Health Healthy Weight.
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# [Webinar | Healthy Weight at Scale: Smarter GLP-1 Strategies for Employers](https://blog.firststophealth.com/business-blog/webinar-healthy-weight-at-scale-smarter-glp-1-strategies-for-employers)

 Written by [First Stop Health](https://blog.firststophealth.com/business-blog/author/first-stop-health) | May 19, 2026 6:55:36 PM

Dr. Cole Barfield, Chief Medical Officer at First Stop Health, breaks down the current state of GLP-1s and explores how employers can take a more strategic, clinically grounded approach to supporting healthy weight — balancing access, outcomes, and cost control. 

##### **What We Cover **

- **The GLP-1 landscape:** What’s happening when employers cover vs. don’t cover GLP-1s for weight loss
- **Risks of unmanaged use:** Cost exposure, fragmented care, and poor outcomes
- **A better model:** Why sustainable weight management requires more than a prescription
- **How First Stop Health helps:** Clinically guided care, lifestyle support, and plan-aligned prescribing
- **Driving results:** Improving outcomes while bringing accountability to GLP-1 spend

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