title: Proactive and Progressive Approaches in Managing Obesity.
abstract: Despite the advice clinicians have been giving patients about the importance of restricting their food intake and increasing physical activity levels, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 78.6 million adults in the United States (US) are still obese. With these statistics in mind, this symposium provided insights on the genetic, cultural, and environmental underpinning of obesity and discussed the latest research on pharmacotherapy, surgery, and the need to individualize treatment.
authors.affiliation: a Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Eckel
authors.affiliation: b Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center , Louisville , KY , USA.
authors.forename: Harold E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Bays
authors.affiliation: c Medicine and Nutritional Science, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences, Center for Human Nutrition , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , MO , USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: d Center for Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance , University of Texas , Austin , TX , USA.|e Obesity Medicine Association , University of Texas Medical School , Houston , TX , USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bade Horn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019468:Disease Management; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D057890:Epigenomics; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D011634:Public Health; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior
keywords: Epigenetic dysregulation; gut/brain crosstalk; long-term weight management; obesity; pharmacotherapy