Crash Obesity Course: A Beginner’s Guide

This lecture on obesity etiology provides an intensive overview of causes for obesity. It helps you to define key terms like "obesity," "overweight," and "body mass index" (BMI). It helps you explain different methods for measuring body composition (e.g., BMI, body fat percentage) and analyze the global and national prevalence of obesity and its impact on healthcare systems. It also tackles causes of obesity. It elaborates on distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy dietary patterns and explains the importance of physical activity in maintaining a healthy weight. It describes how genes can influence susceptibility to obesity and explains how environmental factors can influence gene expression (epigenetics) and contribute to obesity risk. It helps to analyze the link between stress, emotional eating, and obesity and discusses the influence of socio-economic factors (e.g., access to healthy food, physical activity opportunities) on obesity risk. It also elaborates on the role of sleep deprivation in weight gain and discusses the potential impact of the gut microbiome on obesity. The course should emphasize critical thinking skills to help learners evaluate different sources of information on obesity.

This lecture on diagnosis of obesity provides an intensive overview on diagnosis of obesity and helps you to analyze different methods that helps in diagnosis and limitations of those methods. It discusses different classifications of obesity based on severity (e.g., Class I, II, III) and their clinical implications. It elaborates on the need to conduct a comprehensive medical history focused on weight history, dietary habits, physical activity levels, and family history of obesity and related conditions, and the way to approach a patient with obesity and how to perform a thorough physical examination to identify potential signs and symptoms associated with obesity, including comorbidities. This lecture also highlights the laboratory tests relevant to obesity diagnosis, including blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels, and others as indicated by individual patient needs, and the way to apply diagnostic criteria for obesity based on established guidelines (e.g., World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health).

This lecture on obesity comorbidity should equip learners with a comprehensive understanding of the health conditions that often occur alongside obesity. It analyzes the biological mechanisms linking obesity to the development of comorbidities (e.g., chronic inflammation, insulin resistance). It also shows and explains the increased risk for specific comorbidities in obese populations, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (heart attack, stroke), certain cancers (e.g., breast, colon), musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., osteoarthritis), sleep apnea and mental health conditions (e.g., depression). It discusses the impact of obesity comorbidities on patient morbidity (illness) and mortality (death), and discusses the increased healthcare costs associated with managing obesity and its comorbidities.

This lecture on obesity in children highlights the terms: "childhood obesity," "overweight," and healthy weight ranges for children and adolescents. It also discusses the prevalence and trends of childhood obesity globally and within specific communities and analyzes the short-term and long-term health consequences of childhood obesity, including physical and psychological effects. It also explores the complex interplay of factors contributing to childhood obesity, such as: diet & nutrition, physical activity, and discusses the potential influence of genetics on childhood obesity risk. It also explores how environmental factors like access to healthy food and safe spaces for physical activity can impact obesity risk. This lecture also delves into prevention and management strategies adopted for children and adolescents patients suffering from obesity.

This lecture on obesity treatment and management delves into the knowledge and skills to develop effective and sustainable weight management plans for their patients or clients. It distinguishes between different treatments modalities for obesity.

This lecture focuses on Endocrine and nutritional management of the patients who undergo bariatric surgery and the appropriate follow up for those patients. It gives details about the important items to follow in those patients so as to avoid complications and nutritional and vitamins deficiencies that may happen. It follows guidelines recommendations that are needed.

This lecture tackles effect of bariatric surgery on different medical conditions and tackles adjustments needed in medications post bariatric surgery.