Overcoming Obesity 2023 (Live) -Top Ten Novel Concepts and Controversies in Obesity Medicine

October 28, 2023

This presentation will provide clinicians a brief scientific overview of 10 of the most controversial topics covered, discussed, and published in OMA’s Clinical Practice Statements, including:

(1) If obesity a disease, then what is the potential for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance care of patients with obesity, similar to how AI is being employed to help manage other diseases?

(2) Is body mass index racist, sexist, or both?

(3) Is body weight simply due to “calories in versus calories out” (i.e., do calories really matter)?

(4) Do individuals with obesity have lower metabolism, while lean people have higher metabolism?

(5) Are individuals predestined to develop obesity due to an unalterable “setpoint?”

(6) Is obesity due to a lack of willpower?

(7) How does obesity cause diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and cancer and how does an adipocentric paradigm support the principle of "treat obesity first"?

(8) Is “be inefficient” the two-word key towards “curing” or preventing obesity?

(9) What is the evidence that treatment of obesity can lead to remission of metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus?

(10) What is the rationale to use medications to treat obesity, if weight is often regained once anti-obesity medications are stopped?

CME/CE Expiration Date: 11/28/23

*The expiration date listed above is the last day CME/CE credit can be claimed for this specific presentation.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the scientific foundations how obesity is a disease that results in the most common complications encountered in clinical practice (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
  • Separate fact from fiction regarding the science behind the development of a medical management plan for the treatment of obesity.
  • Apply emerging technologies (e.g., Artificial Intelligence) in clinically practical ways towards enhancing obesity management.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The Obesity Medicine Association designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the commensurate amount with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Course opens: 
10/28/2023
Course expires: 
10/28/2026
Event starts: 
10/28/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/28/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00

Harold Bays, MD, FOMA (CSO), FTOS, FACC, FNLA, FASPC

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The Obesity Medicine Association designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the commensurate amount with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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