
Outpatient Strategies for Weight Management
Learn comprehensive weight management approaches. Understand metabolic, psychological factors. Tailor evidence-based strategies for patient success.

About this course
Obesity is a nationwide epidemic, ranking second among causes of preventable death in the United States after tobacco use. The recent dramatic increase in obesity implies that individuals may not be able to simply ‘will’ the weight away. This course provides health professionals with a firm knowledge base in the area of weight management and introduces weight management programs for use with outpatients. Specifically, the physiology behind body weight regulation are presented and the cutoffs for determining “overweight”, “obese” and “morbidly obese” categories along with their corresponding health implications are outlined. Empirically-based diets, including ‘fad’ diets, are reviewed and the appropriateness of alternative therapies, such as bariatric surgery, addressed. Detailed strategies for implementing a weight management program with patients and for maintaining weight loss over time are discussed.
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Former Adjunct Professor, Drexel University and The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, PA. Former staff member of the University of Pennsylvania Weight and Eating Disorder Center, Philadelphia, PA. Interests: prevention of weight gain, neural control of eating, environmental obesity treatment, and weight loss maintenance.
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