• 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. Hunger suppressing medications
3. What hunger suppressors do we have? (1)
4. How do ketones suppress hunger?
5. Glucose inhibits hunger
6. The mechanism by which glucose inhibits hunger
7. There is a second way that ketones control hunger (1)
8. There is a second way that ketones control hunger (2)
9. Conclusions
10. What hunger suppressors do we have? (2)
11. Mode of action of phentermine
12. Contraindications to using phentermine
13. What hunger suppressors do we have? (3)
14. How does liraglutide work?
15. Liraglutide increases satiety and reduces hunger via neurons in the arcuate nucleus
16. Liraglutide has multifactorial effects: Pharmacological effects of liraglutide
17. Liraglutide study
18. Liraglutide study results
19. Liraglutide study side effects
20. What hunger suppressors do we have? (4)
21. How does naltraxone/bupropion work? (1)
22. How does naltraxone/bupropion work? (2)
23. Contrave clinical development program completers data and primary end point
24. Contrave (naltraxone/bupropion)
25. Safety evaluated in 4754 patients up to 56 weeks
26. What hunger suppressors do we have? (5)
27. Semaglutide 2.4 mg/week
28. Semaglutide results
29. What hunger suppressors do we have? (6)
30. Phentermine/topiramate (1)
31. Phentermine/topiramate (2)
32. Side effects
33. What hunger suppressors do we have? (7)
34. Medications to treat diabetes that can cause mild weight loss
35. Tirzepatide 5, 10, 15 mg/week (1)
36. Tirzepatide 5, 10, 15 mg/week (2)
37. How do we maintain weigh loss long term? Lifestyle advice
38. Major points about weight loss medications
39. The team

Topics Covered

• Hunger suppressing medications
• Ketones
• Phentermine
• Liraglutide
• Naltraxone/bupropion
• Semaglutide
• Phentermine/topiramate
• Tirzepatide

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Series:

• Obesity
• Obesity: Science, Medicine and Society

Categories:

• Genetics & Epigenetics
• Metabolism & Nutrition
• Pharmaceutical Sciences

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

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Publication History

• Published on February 27, 2025

Financial Disclosures

• Advisory Board: Novo Nordisk and iNOVA