1/ Dr. Lee Kaplan: What Does the Future of Obesity Care Look Like? #OW2021
Every time I hear Dr. Kaplan speak, I am blown away by his knowledge and perspective. He, once again, delivered a masterclass on obesity.
Point #1: We are undertreating obesity
Every time I hear Dr. Kaplan speak, I am blown away by his knowledge and perspective. He, once again, delivered a masterclass on obesity.
Point #1: We are undertreating obesity
Point #2: An active, involuntary physiological system determines body fatness at any one time. #OW2021
Point #3: All our available interventions help to readjust down the increased fat mass setpoint (in theory). #OW2021
Point #4: treatment goal => restore normal physiology. #OW2021
Point #5: Treatments are improving. #OW2021
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https://twitter.com/MichaelAlbertMD/status/1455320751221903363?s=20
Point #6: understand that individual responses to treatments will follow a normal distribution. #OW2021
Point #7: Treatment needs to be patient-focused. #OW2021
Q: Is obesity an expression of normal biological variability?
A: (paraphrase) I would liken it to autoimmune disease for which we have much more. Genes prime the individual and the environment causes permanent abnormal physiological changes that result in pathology. #OW2021
A: (paraphrase) I would liken it to autoimmune disease for which we have much more. Genes prime the individual and the environment causes permanent abnormal physiological changes that result in pathology. #OW2021
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