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Live Webinar - Obesity as a Disease: Changing the Narrative

Sep 4, 2020 8:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski

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This conference is designed to provide health care professionals with the knowledge and skill needed to support and treat patients who struggle with obesity and obesity-related comorbidities. Participants will gain an evidence-based understanding of obesity as a complex disease that is influenced by a complex dynamic of physiological, psychosocial, and political variables. Upon completion of the conference, participants will leave with a basic skill-set that enables them to identify treatment strategies that goes beyond 'eat less and move more'.
 
Friday, October 2nd from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 

Objectives

  • Identify recent advances in obesity pharmacotherapy.
  • Identify implicit and explicit biases of providers in the treatment of obesity.
  • Describe current debates around nutrition and obesity policy.
  • Increase cultural awareness in developing an obesity treatment plan.
  • Identify community resources to match patients to the right fitness program.
  • Discuss the most recent diet trends for weight loss.
  • Describe the role of the primary care provider in the care of the pre and post-op bariatric surgical patient.

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Brooke Kochanski

Written by Brooke Kochanski

Marketing & Communications Specialist at Northwest AHEC

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