• Epidemiology
• 37 min
  1. Assessment of obesity and classification of patients: historical perspectives and current practice

  • Prof. George Bray
• 40 min
  2. Epidemiology of obesity

  • Prof. Jacob Seidell
• Etiology and Causes
• 59 min
  3. Metabolic, adipose tissue and muscle predictors of obesity

  • Prof. Ian Macdonald
• 41 min
  4. Neural control of food intake and energy balance

  • Prof. Hans-Rudolf Berthoud
• 64 min
  5. Understanding obesity: genes and environment in the determination of body weight

  • Prof. Rudy Leibel
• 47 min
  6. Dietary determinants of obesity

  • Prof. Arne Astrup
• 42 min
  7. Physical inactivity as a determinant of obesity

  • Prof. Wim Saris
• 42 min
  8. Environmental causes of obesity: sociocultural, built environment and economic factors

  • Prof. Shiriki Kumanyika
• 29 min
  9. The developmental origins of obesity

  • Prof. David Barker
• Consequences of Obesity
• 46 min
  10. Obesity, dyslipoproteinemia and inflammation

  • Prof. Robert Eckel
• 23 min
  11. Pathophysiology and management of obesity related hypertension

  • Prof. Arya Sharma
• 22 min
  12. Disorders of overeating

  • Prof. Albert Stunkard
• 20 min
  13. Obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life

  • Prof. Aila Rissanen
  • Dr. Jarmo Kaukua
• Treatment Options
• 44 min
  14. Lifestyle modification for weight control

  • Prof. Thomas Wadden
• 34 min
  15. Bariatric / obesity surgery

  • Prof. Henry Buchwald
• 48 min
  16. Can obesity be prevented in the current obesogenic environment?

  • Prof. Boyd Swinburn
• 28 min
  17. Pharmacotherapy for obesity: why it is needed

  • Prof. Joe Proietto
• 35 min
  18. Pharmacotherapy for obesity: hunger suppressors

  • Prof. Joe Proietto
• Latest Developments in the Field
• 60 min
  19. Body composition

  • Dr. Steven Heymsfield
• 56 min
  20. Adipose tissue metabolism and obesity

  • Dr. Max Lafontan
• 25 min
  21. Obesity, present and future therapies

  • Prof. Sir Stephen Bloom
• 42 min
  22. Energy expenditure in the lean and obese

  • Prof. Dale Schoeller
• 33 min
  23. Obesity and adiponectin

  • Prof. Philipp Scherer
• 44 min
  24. Ectopic fat: causes, consequences and treatment

  • Prof. Steven Smith
• 47 min
  25. Adipose-immune interactions in obesity

  • Dr. Vishwa Dixit
• 39 min
  26. Health benefits of intentional weight loss

  • Prof. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
• 39 min
  27. Childhood obesity: implications for current and future health

  • Prof. Peter T. Katzmarzyk
• 46 min
  28. The clinical assessment and management of child and adolescent obesity

  • Prof. Louise Baur
• Archived Lectures - These lectures may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 41 min
  29. Gastrointestinal peptides and food intake regulation

  • Prof. Sir Stephen Bloom
• 48 min
  30. Obesity and mortality: questions and controversy

  • Prof. David Allison
• 37 min
  31. Obesity, diabetes and the cluster of the metabolic syndrome

  • Prof. Peter Wilson
• 44 min
  32. New standards in weight management: recent and future drugs for the treatment of obesity

  • Prof. Luc Van Gaal
• 46 min
  33. Health economics of obesity: new insights

  • Dr. Anne Wolf
• 34 min
  34. Bariatric surgery: techniques and mechanisms of action

  • Prof. Walter Pories
• 39 min
  35. Childhood obesity: implications for future health

  • Prof. Peter T. Katzmarzyk
• 14 min
  36. Pharmacotherapy for obesity 1 - the need for pharmacotherapy in weight management

  • Prof. Joe Proietto
• 46 min
  37. Pharmacotherapy for obesity 2 - pharmacological agents in current use & under development

  • Prof. Joe Proietto

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1. Introduction
2. Obesity- research and clinical practice
3. Quality of life
4. Different domains of quality of life
5. Health-related quality of life
6. Questionnaires
7. Different kinds of HRQL questionnaires
8. Generic HRQL questionnaires
9. SF-36 measurement model
10. Disease-specific measures of HRQOL
11. Obesity-specific HRQL questionnaires
12. Obesity-specific HRQL questionnaires - OP scale
13. IWQOL-lite scales
14. Population based studies: weight and HRQL
15. SF-36 scores by BMI For middle aged women
16. Weight and physical functioning
17. Mean SF-36 scores in obesity/chronic illness
18. Morbid obesity reduces HRQL markedly
19. Weight change and HRQL
20. HSQ-12 scores after 26 y follow-up in Chicago
21. Weight and HRQL- evidence from (1)
22. Subjective vs. physician reporting
23. Medical complications of obesity
24. HRQL in morbidly obese patients
25. Obesity-related psychosocial problems (OP scale)
26. Gender and IWQOL- lite scores
27. IWQOL- lite scores by racial group
28. IWQOL- lite scores for women by BED category
29. Total score by BMI group and treatment modality
30. Quality of life in obese persons
31. Weight and HRQL- evidence from (2)
32. The paradox of health-care
33. Systematic review of RCT's
34. Description of 34 HRQL studies
35. Results of of 34 HRQL studies
36. Quality of 34 RCT's in a systematic review
37. Lifestyle intervention and HRQL
38. HRQL during and 2y after treatment with VLED (1)
39. HRQL before and after VLED
40. Obesity- related psychosocial problems
41. HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (2)
42. HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (3)
43. HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (4)
44. Relationship between weight loss and IWQOL
45. Pharmacotherapy and HRQL
46. Sibutramine vs. placebo (1)
47. Sibutramine vs. placebo (2)
48. Surgical procedures
49. SOS
50. Obesity- related psychosocial problems
51. HRQL changes surgery vs. controls
52. Changes in IWQOL 6 months after gastric bypass
53. Effects sizes with different methods of weight loss
54. Conclusions: population level
55. Conclusions: treatment seekers
56. Conclusions: treatment (1)
57. Conclusions: treatment (2)
58. Success cannot be measured in kg's only

Topics Covered

• Obesity: research and clinical practice
• Quality of life: functioning and wellbeing
• Physical, mental, social and obesity-specific perspectives
• Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
• Questionnaires
• Disease-specific measure of HRQOL
• Obesity specific HRQOL questionnaires
• Psychosocial problems
• Evidence from population studies
• Weight and physical functioning
• Weight change and HRQOL
• Medical complications of obesity
• Evidence from weight loss studies
• The paradox of health-care
• Pharmacotherapy and HRQOL
• Surgical procedures

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Series:

• Obesity

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Metabolism & Nutrition

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Aila Rissanen has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
• Dr. Jarmo Kaukua has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.