<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>Continuing Ed Chronicle Jan 2006

MARCH 2006
OBESITY: CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
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Table of Contents

A. Statistics
B. Overview - Definition
C. Risk Factors
D. Comorbidities
E. Treatment
F. Preventive Measures
G. Economic Costs of Obesity
H. Case Study
I. Resources
J. Humor

A. STATISTICS

CEU Article #1
  Statistics related to Overweight and Obesity

The Obesity Society: Obesity Statistics

B. OVERVIEW-DEFINITIONS

Body Mass Index

BMI Calculator

Mayo Clinic - Obesity

• Overview
• Causes
• Risk factors
• When to seek medical advice
• Screening and diagnosis
• Complications
• Treatment
• Coping skills

Weight.com - The Causes of Obesity


C. RISK FACTORS

Risk Factors for Obesity

Obesity Risk Factors Sought Through Genetic Analysis

Obesity Associated Risk Factors – Clinical Action Thresholds

D. COMORBIDITIES

The Obesity-Depression Link

Disability Due to Obesity

Obesity Comorbidities

E. TREATMENT

Bariatric Surgery

Rationale for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity

CEU Article #2
  Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity

Quality of life after gastric bypass surgery

The Roux-en-Y Procedure

Rehab and the Bariatric Patient

 

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Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity

F. PREVENTIVE MEASURES

CEU Article #3
  Preventing Obesity and Chronic diseases Through Good Nutrition and Physical Activity

G. ECONOMIC COSTS OF OBESITY

American Obesity Association: The Cost of Obesity

Obesity drives up the cost of health care by increasing the incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and a wide variety of expensive chronic health conditions, many of which are significant risk factors for other serious diseases” say researchers at Emory University, Atlanta

UnumProvident report shows Tenfold Increase in Obesity-Related Disability Claims

CEU Article #4
  The Economics of Obesity

H. CASE STUDY

Patients "rescued" from their massive obesity

I. RESOURCES

Weight Control and Obesity Resource List for Consumers

Science Daily Articles - Obesity

Obesity Help.com

Obesity Meds and Research News

Online Bariatric Resources

J. HUMOR

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