Event Description:  The aim of this conference is to provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to support and treat patients who struggle with obesity and obesity-related comorbidities. Participants will gain an evidence-based understanding of obesity as a disease that is influenced by a complex dynamic of physiological and psychosocial variables. Upon completion of the conference, participants will leave with a basic skill-set that enables them to identify treatment strategies that goes beyond 'eat less and move more'.

Topics to be discussed:
Weight Loss in Pediatrics / Weight Loss in Geriatrics
Obesity Treatment Through the Life-span
Nursing and Weight Management
Pharmacotherapy
Surgical Treatment in the Atypical Patient
Poverty, Inequity, and Caloric Burden: How Both Social Reality and Perception Drive Unhealthy Food Consumption
Mobile Health Applications for Obesity Treatment