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In adolescents and adults, the co-occurrence of eating disorders and overweight or obesity is continuing to increase.
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Obesity is a complex phenotype reflecting the interactions of numerous genes that have been “selected” for in service of reproductive integrity with modern environments.
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Intermittent Fasting (IF) as a means of dietary modification has gained popularity among individuals with obesity as a means of achieving weight loss.
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Individual patient response to nutritional therapies varies widely.
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Lifestyle Therapeutics in Obesity Medicine Certificate Program
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The AAP has comprehensively updated their recommendations regarding the disease of obesity in childhood. The incidence of obesity in childhood has not improved.
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Obesity pharmacotherapy often is solely equated as therapeutic use of anti-obesity medications (AOMs). In this session, two important factors in obesity pharmacotherapy will be discussed.
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This talk will review key features of obesity pathogenesis related to genetics, the brain, and energetics.
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This session will review the relationship and underlying mechanisms between obesity and cardiovascular disease with attention to the individual variability between BMI and CV risk.
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The body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used screening tool for obesity. However, the BMI is a population-based tool with several limitations when applied to individuals.
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