The Obesity Guide with Matthea Rentea MD

by Matthea Rentea MD

Matthea Rentea MD leads discussions on obesity and chronic weight management. Her guests range from experts in the fields that intersect with obesity and wellness, to individuals successful in their weight journey. She is a Board certified Internal Medicine and Diplomate of the American Board of Obe...

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 63K to 219K

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: health · fitness

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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week

200+ episodes since 2023

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63K to 219K

Estimated from 6 chart positions in 6 markets.

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US · Medicine
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500 to 3K
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#146
500 to 3K

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31K to 110K
🎙 ~2x weekly·218 episodes·Last published 3d ago
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63K to 219K
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Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
19K to 66K

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Recent episodes

How to Break a Weight Loss Plateau (Without Restricting More)

Aug 31, 2026

20m 24s

2 Simple Ways to Improve Morning Insulin Resistance

Aug 24, 2026

9m 04s

Why Stepping Back Might Be the Best Thing You Do for Your Health This Year

Aug 17, 2026

23m 23s

How to Rewire Your Cravings: Physiology, Habits, and the Thoughts That Help

Aug 10, 2026

18m 01s

You're Not Lazy: How Undiagnosed ADHD Could Be Derailing Your Health Goals with Dr. Ida Salusky

Aug 3, 2026

35m 14s

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Episodes

238

~1.0 per week

Avg length

26m 05s

9m 04s – 46m 18s

Range

Feb 2023 – Apr 2026

Total runtime

11h

Last episode

5 months ago

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Date	Episode	Description	Length
8/31/26	How to Break a Weight Loss Plateau (Without Restricting More)	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. Hit a wall on your weight loss journey? That's not failure. We treat plateaus like something's broken. When the scale stalls, suddenly we're questioning everything: the medication, our metabolism, our willpower. But they're actually just your body doing exactly what it's supposed to do: adjusting, s...	20m 24s
8/24/26	2 Simple Ways to Improve Morning Insulin Resistance	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. Is your breakfast making mornings harder than they need to be? You eat well, you move your body, you’re doing all the “right” things… so why is your blood sugar still higher in the morning? There’s a natural hormonal shift happening when you wake up that can make blood sugar harder to manage, especially i...	9m 04s
8/17/26	Why Stepping Back Might Be the Best Thing You Do for Your Health This Year	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. When was the last time you slowed down long enough to just... think? Most of us move from one task to the next, filling every quiet moment with work, scrolling, or chores around the house. We stay so busy we never stop to ask: what do I actually want right now? In this episode, I share how a week of stepp...	23m 23s
8/10/26	How to Rewire Your Cravings: Physiology, Habits, and the Thoughts That Help	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. Have you ever found yourself negotiating with a pint of ice cream at 9 p.m., even though you ate dinner just two hours ago? You tell yourself you’ll have “just one bite.” Then maybe one more. Suddenly, you’re standing in front of the freezer wondering why this feels so hard. Cravings aren’t simply a willp...	18m 01s
8/3/26	You're Not Lazy: How Undiagnosed ADHD Could Be Derailing Your Health Goals with Dr. Ida Salusky	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. You've spent years believing you're undisciplined, inconsistent, bad at adulting. But what if you've been white-knuckling undiagnosed ADHD this whole time? More than half of my clinic has some form of attention deficit, and I see the impact on health every day: the routine slips, appointments get mi...	35m 14s
7/27/26	Weight Loss Plateau or Treatment Problem? How to Tell the Difference	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. The scale has stopped moving, and you're already spiraling: Has my medication stopped working? Should I switch things up? Am I doing something wrong? Panicking and changing everything is often the worst move you can make. But how do you know when a stall is just your body doing its thing versus a sign tha...	14m 50s
7/20/26	Stick to the Plan, Not Your Mood: Building Healthy Habits That Survive a Bad Week	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. That 45-minute workout plan feels completely doable when you’re making it on a Sunday. Same with the meal prep, the protein goals, the whole “this is the week I get it together” plan. And then Tuesday hits… Your sleep is off, work is a lot, someone in the house gets sick, and suddenly the routine that loo...	12m 28s
7/13/26	Finding Your Floor: How to Maintain Healthy Habits in a Busy Season	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. You know you should move your body, eat well, and take care of yourself… but what happens when life is so busy that even the basics feel impossible? In this episode, I’m joined by Maggie, the creator behind @pump.med and a medical student who knows exactly what it’s like to protect your health in a high-p...	42m 46s
7/6/26	"I Feel Like I've Been Teleported Into Someone Else's Body": Adjusting After Body Change	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. What happens when your body changes, but your brain hasn’t caught up yet? A listener wrote in after skin removal surgery and said, “I feel like I’ve been teleported into someone else’s body.” Honestly, I don’t think there’s a better way to describe it. In this episode, I’m talking about the messy middle o...	23m 39s
6/29/26	Social Media, Comparison, and Weight Loss: Protecting Your Mental Health Online with Schnelle Acevedo	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. You open your phone for a quick break, and somehow 30 minutes disappear… By the time you put it down, you feel overwhelmed, behind, and worse about yourself. In the weight loss space, every scroll can bring another dramatic before-and-after, “this changed everything” claim, or account promising to have th...	41m 13s
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6/22/26	Is Retatrutide the Most Powerful Weight-Loss Drug Yet? The Data So Far	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. A weight-loss injection with results on par with bariatric surgery? With retatrutide, that is not an exaggeration. Although it’s not FDA approved yet, retatrutide is one of the most talked-about medications coming down the line. In this episode, I’m unpacking Eli Lilly’s new “triple agonist” medication, w...	18m 06s
6/15/26	Foundayo (Orforglipron): Weight Loss Pill Benefits, Risks & Results	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. A new GLP-1 has entered the chat, and I'm already seeing a lot of confusion around it. Meet Foundayo (orforglipron), a needle-free tablet you take once a day with none of the usual restrictions around timing, food, or storage. On paper, it sounds like the easier option. And for some people, it might be. B...	18m 16s
6/8/26	How to Hit Your Fiber Goal Without Overhauling Your Diet	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. The average American gets only about 10 to 15 grams of fiber a day, which is less than half the recommended 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men. Most of us don’t realize we’re falling short until digestion starts to feel off: bloating, constipation, sluggishness, and that uncomfortable “never quite ri...	35m 35s
6/1/26	The Hair Loss Conversation Your Doctor Should Be Having With You with Dr. Komal Patil-Sisodia	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. As women, so much of our identity is tied to our hair. And when it starts to fall out, the internet will sell you a thousand solutions before anyone stops to ask why. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Komal Patil-Sisodia — triple board-certified endocrinologist, hormone expert, and someone who has lived ...	46m 18s
5/25/26	How to Read Your Body Composition Data (And What to Do With It)	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. What if you've actually been making progress, but just didn't know how to see it? So many people feel stuck because the scale isn't moving, or because progress feels painfully slow. But total weight is only one piece of the picture. You could be losing body fat, building muscle, and moving in exactly the ...	17m 19s
5/18/26	How to Rebuild Your Routine When Life Has Wiped You Out	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. After pouring everything into my recent in-person retreat, coming home felt harder than I expected. I was sleeping in on weekends, struggling with my normal routine, and asking myself, "Why can't I just get it together?" Turns out, even good things are exhausting, and pushing yourself to bounce back at fu...	17m 22s
5/11/26	What GLP-1s Are Revealing About Addiction and the Brain with Dr. Nishant Kumar	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. “Doc, I just don't feel like drinking alcohol anymore." Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Nishant Kumar kept hearing it. Patient after patient, unprompted. And nothing in their lives had changed… except one thing. They'd started a GLP-1. What does that tell us about the brain, addiction, and our rela...	34m 31s
5/4/26	Skin Removal Surgery After Weight Loss: What You Need to Know with Dr. Beckman	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. We talk a lot about losing weight… but rarely about what it actually feels like to live in that new body. And for a lot of people, that experience includes the physical and emotional impact of excess skin. Excess skin isn’t just about appearance. It's the rashes, the infections, the discomfort that makes ...	18m 28s
4/27/26	Losing Weight and Losing Hair? Here's What to Do with Dr. Katherine Nolan	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. It’s one of the most distressing side effects people can experience during a weight loss journey, yet almost no one warns you about it. At first, it’s easy to dismiss. Then it starts showing up everywhere: in the shower drain, on your pillow, and in your hands every time you run your fingers through your ...	31m 44s
4/20/26	8 Health Basics That Beat Every Supplement, Tracker and Program	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. I've been thinking a lot lately about how much we overcomplicate our health. Tracking 15 different metrics, obsessing over the perfect supplement, debating which programme is best — while the simple basics just... aren't happening. I catch myself doing it too. So in this episode, we're rewinding right bac...	22m 46s
4/13/26	Tired, Hungry, and Stuck? How Poor Sleep Affects Hormones, Cravings, and Weight Loss with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. You might be blaming your hormones, your medication, or yourself... when the real problem could be your sleep. Sleep is one of the most overlooked parts of metabolic health. And when it's off, everything feels harder. You feel hungrier. Your cravings get stronger. Your energy drops. Your blood sugar is ha...	32m 36s
4/6/26	Plateaued? Try These 5 Things Before You Clamp Down Harder	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. When the scale stops moving, the instinct is to restrict more, exercise harder, and white-knuckle your way through it. I get why this is a common reaction, but it's not what your body actually needs to break through. In this episode, I explain why the answer to a plateau is almost never "do more and eat l...	18m 12s
3/30/26	GLP-1s at Every Age: What You Should Actually Be Watching For	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. When it comes to GLP-1 medications, your age and stage of life matter more than a lot of people realize. What works for your body at 25 won't work the same way at 45... and definitely not at 65. Yet somehow, most people are still being treated with a one-size-fits-all approach. Same advice, same dosing st...	18m 21s
3/23/26	How Your Nervous System Hijacks Your Eating (and How to Get It Back) with Jane Pilger	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. For 25 years, Jane Pilger couldn't figure out why she couldn't stop binge eating. It wasn't until she uncovered the one piece no one had ever explained to her that things finally started to change. And it had nothing to do with willpower… or food. It was her nervous system. In this episode, binge eating c...	42m 00s
3/16/26	Jacqui Cook on GLP-1 Weight Loss, Maintenance Fears, and Letting Go of Diet Rules	Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. For decades, Jacqui Cook lived in a cycle many women know all too well: losing weight, gaining it back, and starting over… always wondering why nothing seemed to stick. Food was her love language, life kept getting in the way, and no matter how hard she tried, maintaining her progress felt impossible. Eve...	39m 25s