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- Epidemiology
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2. Epidemiology of obesity
- Prof. Jacob Seidell
- Etiology and Causes
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3. Metabolic, adipose tissue and muscle predictors of obesity
- Prof. Ian Macdonald
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4. Neural control of food intake and energy balance
- Prof. Hans-Rudolf Berthoud
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6. Dietary determinants of obesity
- Prof. Arne Astrup
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7. Physical inactivity as a determinant of obesity
- Prof. Wim Saris
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8. Environmental causes of obesity: sociocultural, built environment and economic factors
- Prof. Shiriki Kumanyika
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9. The developmental origins of obesity
- Prof. David Barker
- Consequences of Obesity
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10. Obesity, dyslipoproteinemia and inflammation
- Prof. Robert Eckel
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11. Pathophysiology and management of obesity related hypertension
- Prof. Arya Sharma
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12. Disorders of overeating
- Prof. Albert Stunkard
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13. Obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life
- Prof. Aila Rissanen
- Dr. Jarmo Kaukua
- Treatment Options
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14. Lifestyle modification for weight control
- Prof. Thomas Wadden
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15. Bariatric / obesity surgery
- Prof. Henry Buchwald
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16. Can obesity be prevented in the current obesogenic environment?
- Prof. Boyd Swinburn
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17. Pharmacotherapy for obesity: why it is needed
- Prof. Joe Proietto
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18. Pharmacotherapy for obesity: hunger suppressors
- Prof. Joe Proietto
- Latest Developments in the Field
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19. Body composition
- Dr. Steven Heymsfield
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20. Adipose tissue metabolism and obesity
- Dr. Max Lafontan
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21. Obesity, present and future therapies
- Prof. Sir Stephen Bloom
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22. Energy expenditure in the lean and obese
- Prof. Dale Schoeller
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23. Obesity and adiponectin
- Prof. Philipp Scherer
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24. Ectopic fat: causes, consequences and treatment
- Prof. Steven Smith
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25. Adipose-immune interactions in obesity
- Dr. Vishwa Dixit
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26. Health benefits of intentional weight loss
- Prof. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
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27. Childhood obesity: implications for current and future health
- Prof. Peter T. Katzmarzyk
- Archived Lectures - These lectures may not cover the latest advances in the field
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29. Gastrointestinal peptides and food intake regulation
- Prof. Sir Stephen Bloom
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30. Obesity and mortality: questions and controversy
- Prof. David Allison
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31. Obesity, diabetes and the cluster of the metabolic syndrome
- Prof. Peter Wilson
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33. Health economics of obesity: new insights
- Dr. Anne Wolf
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34. Bariatric surgery: techniques and mechanisms of action
- Prof. Walter Pories
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35. Childhood obesity: implications for future health
- Prof. Peter T. Katzmarzyk
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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Obesity- research and clinical practice
- Quality of life
- Different domains of quality of life
- Health-related quality of life
- Questionnaires
- Different kinds of HRQL questionnaires
- Generic HRQL questionnaires
- SF-36 measurement model
- Disease-specific measures of HRQOL
- Obesity-specific HRQL questionnaires
- Obesity-specific HRQL questionnaires - OP scale
- IWQOL-lite scales
- Population based studies: weight and HRQL
- SF-36 scores by BMI For middle aged women
- Weight and physical functioning
- Mean SF-36 scores in obesity/chronic illness
- Morbid obesity reduces HRQL markedly
- Weight change and HRQL
- HSQ-12 scores after 26 y follow-up in Chicago
- Weight and HRQL- evidence from (1)
- Subjective vs. physician reporting
- Medical complications of obesity
- HRQL in morbidly obese patients
- Obesity-related psychosocial problems (OP scale)
- Gender and IWQOL- lite scores
- IWQOL- lite scores by racial group
- IWQOL- lite scores for women by BED category
- Total score by BMI group and treatment modality
- Quality of life in obese persons
- Weight and HRQL- evidence from (2)
- The paradox of health-care
- Systematic review of RCT's
- Description of 34 HRQL studies
- Results of of 34 HRQL studies
- Quality of 34 RCT's in a systematic review
- Lifestyle intervention and HRQL
- HRQL during and 2y after treatment with VLED (1)
- HRQL before and after VLED
- Obesity- related psychosocial problems
- HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (2)
- HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (3)
- HRQL during and 2 y after treatment with VLED (4)
- Relationship between weight loss and IWQOL
- Pharmacotherapy and HRQL
- Sibutramine vs. placebo (1)
- Sibutramine vs. placebo (2)
- Surgical procedures
- SOS
- Obesity- related psychosocial problems
- HRQL changes surgery vs. controls
- Changes in IWQOL 6 months after gastric bypass
- Effects sizes with different methods of weight loss
- Conclusions: population level
- Conclusions: treatment seekers
- Conclusions: treatment (1)
- Conclusions: treatment (2)
- 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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Talk Citation
Rissanen, A. and Kaukua, J. (2007, October 1). Obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/TRCB6592.Export Citation (RIS)
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.