New Strategies for Obesity Management: Risk Stratification & Long-term Weight Control

List the pathological features of obesity that qualify it as a disease rather than a behavioral choice Identify the body systems affected by obesity and list at least 6 obesity complications Discuss the relationship between fat deposition and cardiometabolic risk Describe at least 2 methods for stratifying obese patients according to their risk of complications Explain the components of effective lifestyle intervention for obesity and how patients can be encouraged to adopt these changes Compare the benefits and limitations of pharmacologic therapy for obesity Identify weight loss goals appropriate to patients’ individual risk profiles and design treatment interventions aimed at achieving those goals Implement treatment interventions aimed at achieving weight loss goal Provide accurate and appropriate counsel as part of the treatment team Provide appropriate care and counsel for patients and their families