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- Introduction
- Obesity is not a new problem - paleolithic times
- Map showing locations of Venuses across Europe
- Obesity is not a new problem - neolithic times
- Venus of Catalhoyuk (Turkey)
- Obesity isn't a new problem - mesoamerican times
- Obesity is not a new problem - historical times
- Hippocrates on treatment of obesity
- Obesity is not a new problem - modern times
- Malcolm Flemyng on obesity as a disease - 1760
- William Wadd - 1810
- Metabolism is like a burning candle
- Not all obesity is the same
- Harvey Williams Cushing
- Classifications of obesity 1900-1950
- Classifications of obesity 1950-1970
- Body mass index and risk to health
- Quetelet introduces the body mass index
- Distribution curve for body weight
- Relative risk of mortality - underweight
- Relative risk of mortality - overweight
- Mortality insurance data 1913
- Framingham study - women
- Cohort size, duration of follow-up & risk of mortality
- Mortality ratios as a function of time
- Is overweight a risk to your health?
- Body mass index cut-points
- Evaluation-clinical history
- Vital signs
- Utility and limitations of the BMI
- Table of body mass index (BMI)
- Classifications using BMI
- Vital signs - waist circumference
- Visceral fat distribution normal vs. type 2 diabetes
- Summary - two new vital signs
- Vital signs - blood pressure
- Evaluation - laboratory measures
- Laboratory measurements - body composition
- Five levels of body composition
- Body composition & energy content
- Changes in fat volumes with age in men
- Changes in fat volumes with age in women
- Prevalence of obesity 1960 - 2002
- Prevalence of obesity in different ethnic groups
- Laboratory measurements - lipids and glucose
- Clinical diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome
- Laboratory measurements - C-reactive protein
- Evaluation - clinical classification
- Clinical classification - genetic
- Heritability of body weight - twins
- Heritability of obesity
- Clinical classification - hypothalamic
- Hypothalamic obese patient
- Clinical classification - dietary
- Clinical classification - endocrine
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Summary
Topics Covered
- Obesity is not a new problem
- Palaeolithic times: Venus of Willendorf
- Neolithic times: Venus of Catalhoyuk
- MesoAmerican times: Mayan figurine
- Historical times to 1500AD: Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Chinese and Tibetan, Indian and Greco-Roman
- Modern times: modern themes
- Not all obesities are the same: classifications
- Body Mass Index and risk to health
- Evaluation of obesity: clinical history, clinical classification, vital signs and laboratory measures
- Genetic causes of obesity
- Hypothalmic obesity
- Dietary factors
- Physical inactivity
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Bray, G. (2007, October 1). Assessment of obesity and classification of patients: historical perspectives and current practice [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/DTXX8908.Export Citation (RIS)
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Financial Disclosures
- Prof. George Bray has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
Assessment of obesity and classification of patients: historical perspectives and current practice
Published on October 1, 2007
37 min
A selection of talks on Metabolism & Nutrition
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