Obesity Week is a 5 day meeting of #researchers, #nurses, #PhD, #PA, #physicians, #surgeons, members of the media who all treat #obesity sponsored by the @ObesitySociety and @ASMBS - this year was the largest attendance ever - 5800 attendees #asmbs2019 #ow2019

This year there was much evidence discussed and NEW evidence presented. There were surveys demonstrating that over 80% of people continue to believe that #obesity is all due to human behavior - despite evidence to show that it is not. @ObesitySociety @ASMBS #asmbs2019 #ow2019

Evidence continues to show that:
1. #Obesity is caused by #genetic #environmental #upbringing and #behavior
2. The #obesityepidemic is worsening
3. 38% of the #US population has #Obesity

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#obesity is associated with at least 70 medical problems but more accurately over 200 medical conditions according to Lee Kaplan MD PhD - #ow2019 #asmbs2019

There are now 13 types of #cancer which are more likely to occur if someone has the #obesity disease #ASMBS2019 #ow2019

#Obesity is considered a disease in the #US but it is not considered a disease in #Europe #ASMBS2019 #ow2019

Arguably the greatest problem surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of #obesity is the stigma of both the disease and it’s #treatments - #asmbs2019 #ow2019

There continues to be a pervasive misunderstanding of the disease of #obesity which begins in schools and continues with public misinformation especially certain unregulated sources who continue to propagate myths for financial gain - #ow2019 #asmbs2019

#obesityStigma is crippling to the patients who are shunned by society. There is a bias by employers and evidence of inequal treatment concerning financial and promotion issues. #asmbs2019 #ow2019

Education of #physicians begins in medical school of which education about #nutrition #obesity and their treatments amount to a week or two at most. #ASMBS2019 #ow2019

The lack of understanding and bias is pervasive in the medical field as many #physicians do not understand the disease #ow2019 #asmbs2019

Many #physicians lack the training or are fearful of addressing the issue of treating #obesity in their patients. Many patients suffer from a delay of treatment or none at all. #ow2019 #asmbs2019

New evidence in the field of #obesity and #diabetes shows that early treatment of the disease is more likely to result in long term remission of diabetes. #ow2019 #asmbs2019

#obesity involves between 70-200 medical issues most of which improve as the patients lose #weight #asmbs2019 #ow1019

There is a stigma associated with #obesity that impedes access to care for the disease. Long believed to be a behavioral problem, evidence supports genetic and environmental causes as well as upbringing as stronger causes of the problem.

#Physicians have been poorly trained to deal with patients who have #obesity. Medical schools do not focus on teaching students in #nutrition and #obesity treatments such as #diet #medications and #bariatricsurgery - #wls #weightlosssurgery

There are multiple #diets that are healthy that are recommended to patients with #obesity. An incomplete list would start with #keto #vegetarian #IntermittentFasting #lowcalorie #lowfat #lowcarbohydrate - all appear to be successful in different patients - genetically determined