Lecture Details
TARGET AUDIENCE: Anyone concerned about their health as they age and who has been impacted by their own or someone else's obesity either as a treating physician or ourselves as physicians.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Recognizing the biopsychosocial impact of obesity on aging populations and their families
- Prevention measures that patients and their families can undertake (applies to anyone)
- How and why obesity treatment in aging populations improves longevity and quality of life (not as obvious as it sounds)
- What obesity treatments are appropriate
- Unique considerations when addressing weight care
- The importance of addressing weight care with our patients
- How to broach the subject weight care without losing well-earned doctor-patient rapport (from a patient and physician perspective)
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https://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/weight-care-in-aging-population/