OBESITY Treatment & Prevention

OBESITY TREATMENT & PREVENTION

Main Conference

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Orlando - Friday, March 28 San Francisco - Friday, April 25 * = Speaking in Orlando Only ** = Speaking in San Francisco Only
7:00 a.m.	Main Conference Registration • Check-In • Displays
8:00	Obesity Treatment and Prevention: Goals and Objectives Holly Wyatt, MD Objectives of this conference and how it is different from others you’ve attended.
8:15	Obesity Update: State of the Nation in 2008 * James O. Hill, PhD ** George A. Bray, MD Where do we currently stand in terms of prevalence of obesity in adults and children, overview of treatment options, new obesity related research advances for adults and children. What has changed in the last year? What will happen over the next year?
9:00	Treating Overweight Kids: What is the Goal? * To Be Announced ** Reginald Washington, MD How early do you start monitoring for weight problems in children, how do you monitor over time and what types of treatment are appropriate at different ages, what specifically do you tell parents about excess body weight at different ages, how aggressive can you be in terms of treating toddlers, young children, and adolescents?
9:45	Refreshment Break • Displays
10:15	Gut Hormones and Obesity: What Role Do They Play in Obesity Treatment? (Orlando only) * George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD The role of gut hormones as satiety signals regulating appetite and food intake. How do they play a role in treatment today and potentially in the future? Sleep and Obesity: How Sleep Patterns Interact with Body Weight (SF only) ** Kenneth P. Wright, Jr., PhD What is the relationship between sleep and obesity?
11:00	Maximizing the Effect of Weight Loss Medications * Holly Wyatt, MD ** Daniel H. Bessesen, MD ( = .75 hr.) Update on new weight loss medications, strategies for prescribing medications to maximize weight loss, which medications work best for which patients, combining medications, episodically prescribing weight loss medications.
11:45	Questions and Discussion Faculty Panel ( = .25 hr.)
12:15 p.m.	Lunch On Your Own

Concurrent Sessions are designed to be interactive, case-based, and include tools clinicians can use in their practices. During each Concurrent Session, four topics are presently simultaneously in separate rooms. Many sessions are repeated as indicated by RS. Please indicate your selections on the Registration Form. RS = Repeated Session
1:30	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #1
#11 RS	Difficult Pediatric Obesity Cases: What Would the Experts Do? * To Be Announced ** Reginald Washington, MD Challenging cases in pediatric obesity, including management and follow up. Audience participation is encouraged.
#12 RS	Strategies for Preventing Weight Regain Following Weight Loss * Holly Wyatt, MD * James O. Hill, PhD ** Suzanne Phelan, PhD Strategies from the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), America On the Move and other weight gain and regain prevention programs will be discussed.
#13	OTC and Herbal Products and Other Novel Treatments for Weight Management * George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD ** George A. Bray, MD ( = .5 hr.) Evaluating the role and effectiveness of OTC and herbal weight loss products, as well as other non-traditional weight loss treatments.
#14	Obesity and Pregnancy: A Dangerous Combination Joyce King, CNM, PhD Medical complications associated with obesity in pregnancy, fetal/newborn risks, perinatal management and postpartum follow-up.
2:45	Refreshment Break • Displays
3:15	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #2
#21 RS	Difficult Pediatric Obesity Cases: What Would the Experts Do? * To Be Announced ** Reginald Washington, MD (For description, see Concurrent Session #11.)
#22 RS	Strategies for Preventing Weight RegainFollowing Weight Loss * Holly Wyatt, MD * James O. Hill, PhD ** Suzanne Phelan, PhD (For description, see Concurrent Session #12.)
#23	Binge Eating: How Does It Affect Obesity? * Gaye Andrews, PhD, LMFT * Diane LeMont, PhD (Orlando only) Definition of binge eating, treatment strategies in obese patients, does weight loss treatment worsen binge eating? Are medications helpful? Physiological Adaptations to Weight Loss: Do Our Bodies Cause Us to Regain Lost Weight? ** Daniel H. Bessesen, MD (SF only) What happens to human physiology with weight reduction, do these alterations in physiology cause weight regain, can you prevent or treat these adaptations following weight loss?
#24	Special Issues Influencing Weight Management for Women Joyce King, CNM, PhD ( = .5 hr.) Gender differences between men and women, influence of hormones, contraceptive issues for obese women, menopause and weight gain.
4:30	Adjourn
Orlando - Saturday, March 29 San Francisco - Saturday, April 26
7:00 a.m.	Displays
8:00	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #3
#31 RS	Difficult Adult Obesity Cases: What Would the Experts Do? * Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP ** Robert F. Kushner, MD Challenging cases in adult obesity, including management and follow-up. Audience participation is encouraged.
#32 RS	Designing Eating and Activity Plans for Families * Rebecca S. Reeves, DrPH, RD, FADA ** Kim Gorman, MS, RD, LD Tools for family-focused interventions with special consideration of the dynamic challenges of growing youth, pre-school through high school.
#33 RS	Starting Early to Educate and Involve Parents: The Key to Preventing Childhood Obesity * Julee B. Waldrop, MS, FNP, PNP (Orlando only) Effective interventions in early childhood for preventing obesity (0-5 yrs.), educating parents, helpful provider checklists and parent handouts.
RS	Helping Children Make Dietary Changes Without Promoting Disordered Eating ** Alison E. Field, ScD (SF only) Body image issues in children, how to influence eating patterns without promoting eating disorders, does dieting cause anorexia?
#34	Public Health Strategies: How Can You Help Your City Take the Lead in Obesity Treatment? * Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, CDE (Orlando only) Public health issues related to obesity and what you can do to get involved. Working with Hispanic Families to Reduce Childhood Obesity: Lessons Learned ** Kathy S. James, DNSc, NP (SF only) Describes formation of family-based program at school site, challenges, parental perceptions and family changes.
9:15	Refreshment Break • Displays
9:45	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #4
#41 RS	Difficult Adult Obesity Cases: What Would the Experts Do? * Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP ** Robert F. Kushner, MD (For description, see Concurrent Session #31.)
#42 RS	Starting Early to Educate and Involve Parents: The Key to Preventing Childhood Obesity * Julee B. Waldrop, MS, FNP, PNP (Orlando only) (For description, see Concurrent Session #33.)
RS	“Getting Real” About Teen Weight Management: Lessons from Losers ** Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD, LD (SF only) Weight loss methods, eating habits, motivational strategies, and exercise patterns of formerly overweight teens who have maintained weight loss. Explore the role of parents and myths about teen weight loss.
#43 RS	Effective Measurement of Obesity-Related Health Risk in Clinical Practice * Robert Ross, PhD (Orlando only) What technologies and tools are available to assist in measuring patients and teaching patients to measure waist circumference? What technologies and tools are available to assist in measuring body fat in adults? How do you incorporate these tools into a weight loss plan and clinical practice?
RS	Medical Evaluation of the Overweight Child ** Kathy S. James, DNSc, NP (SF only) Standards for clinical evaluation of obesity in childhood, screening for health conditions associated with obesity in children, evaluating psychological and emotional issues.
#44 RS	Effective Counseling Strategies for Behavior Change * John P. Foreyt, PhD (Orlando only) Bringing up weight control, setting goals and expectations, engaging patients in treatment planning.
RS	Diets and Dietary Therapies for Weight Management: Evaluating the Choices (SF only) ** Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD Comparison of efficacy of existing available diets and diet strategies, handouts and tools for implementing these diets in your practice. Do certain diets work better in certain patients? Are there predictors of who may do better on a specific type of diet?
11:00	Session Change
11:15	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #5
#51	Strategies to Increase Physical Activity: What Works Best and Why? * Steven N. Blair, PED ** James O. Hill, PhD Comparison of efficacy of existing physical activity strategies, handouts and tools for implementing strategies to increase activity in your practice, do certain strategies work better in certain patients, how does resistance training compare to aerobic activity for weight management?
#52 RS	Designing Eating and Activity Plans for Families * Rebecca S. Reeves, DrPH, RD, FADA ** Kim Gorman, MS, RD, LD (For description, see Concurrent Session #32.)
#53 RS	Effective Measurement of Obesity-Related Health Risk in Clinical Practice * Robert Ross, PhD (Orlando only) (For description, see Concurrent Session #43.)
RS	Medical Evaluation of the Overweight Child (SF only) ** Kathy S. James, DNSc, NP (For description, see Concurrent Session #43.)
#54 RS	Effective Counseling Strategies for Behavior Change * John P. Foreyt, PhD (Orlando only) (For description, see Concurrent Session #44.)
RS	Diets and Dietary Therapies for Weight Management: What Works Best and Why? (SF only) ** Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD (For description, see Concurrent Session #44.)
12:30	Lunch On Your Own

	GENERAL SESSION
1:30 p.m.	Identification and Management of the High-Risk, Abdominally Obese Patient * Robert Ross, PhD (Orlando only) Which obese patients are at the highest medical risk? How do you evaluate and manage abdominal obesity in a clinical practice? Medical Management of the Bariatric Surgical Patient ** Robert F. Kushner, MD (SF only) Nutritional, psychological, medical and surgical evaluation, importance of multidisciplinary team approach and family support, compliance to diet and supplementation requirements, monitoring for nutrient deficiencies and organ dysfunction.
2:15	Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in Children: Assessment and Treatment Options * F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD (Orlando only) ( = .25 hr.) General treatment strategies, appropriate use of medications, the role of weight loss and preventing further weight gain. Practical Strategies for Preventing Childhood Obesity: Preconception Through Early Childhood ** Jo Ann Hattner, MPH, RD (SF only) Preconception and early childhood interventions for preventing pediatric obesity and educating health professionals, parents and childcare providers.
3:00	Refreshment Break
3:15	How Obesity and Fitness Interact to Effect Chronic Disease and Mortality * Steven N. Blair, PED (Orlando only) What is the role of physical activity in weight loss, prevention of weight gain and the prevention of weight regain? How does obesity and fitness interact to effect chronic disease? Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and LOOKAHEAD: Clinical Implications for Weight Management ** George A. Bray, MD (SF only) What are the key clinical findings from these studies and how can they be utilized in an obesity practice?
4:00	Obesity Treatment and Prevention: Closing Remarks James O. Hill, PhD Holly Wyatt, MD
4:20	Questions and Discussion Faculty Panel
4:45	Adjourn

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