Obesity 2009
Obesity 2009, the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Obesity Society, will be held in Washington, DC, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park from October 24 through October 28, 2009. Don't forget to mark your calendars and check back for announcements as they are made.
Registration and Housing for Obesity 2009 Now Open
Registration and Housing are now open. For details on how to register for the meeting, please see the Obesity 2009 site .
Abstract Submission Now Closed
Abstract Submission for Obesity 2009 has now closed. The deadline was Friday, April 24, 2009.
Preliminary Program
The Preliminary Program for Obesity 2009 is now available.
Exhibitors and Sponsors
For exhibitors and prospective exhibitors thinking of securing space at the 2009 meeting in Washington, DC, please take a look at the Exhibitor Prospectus and let us know how we can help with your planning. If you are interested in sponsorship possibilities, see our Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities.
This Month in Obesity
Featured articles in Obesity this month include:
Childhood Behavioral Problems Predict Overweight in Adulthood
Behavioral problems in children are thought to be associated with overweight, yet how behavioral issues in youth correspond with overweight in adulthood remains unknown. Using data from a population-based birth-cohort study, Mamun and colleagues examined the relationship between behavioral problems in children and their BMI as young adults. Individuals who exhibited behavioral problems as children were found to have a greater risk for obesity as young adults, as compared with those who first demonstrated behavioral problems in adolescence or those who exhibited no behavioral problems overall. The findings suggest that childhood behavioral problems and persistent behavior issues independently predict obesity as a young adult, an important consideration for prevention programs.
One-Year Weight Losses in the Look AHEAD Study: Factors Associated With Success
This report provides a further analysis of the first year weight losses in the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study and identifies factors associated with success. Participants were a total of 5,145 men and women with type 2 diabetes who were recruited at 16 sites and randomly assigned to an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) or a control condition, Diabetes Support and Education (DSE). During year 1, participants in ILI received comprehensive diet and physical activity counseling in a total of 42 group and individual sessions, compared with three educational sessions for DSE participants. As reported previously, at the end of the year, ILI participants lost 8.6% of initial weight, compared to 0.7% for DSE (P < 0.001). Within the ILI group, all racial/ethnic groups achieved clinically significant weight losses (>5.5%), although there were significant differences among groups. For the year, ILI participants attended an average of 35.4 treatment sessions and reported exercising a mean of 136.6 min/week and consuming a total of 360.9 meal replacement products. Greater self-reported physical activity was the strongest correlate of weight loss, followed by treatment attendance and consumption of meal replacements. The use of orlistat, during the second half of the year, increased weight loss only marginally in those ILI participants who had lost <5% of initial weight during the first 6 months and chose to take the medication thereafter as a toolbox option. The lifestyle intervention was clinically effective in all subsets of an ethnically and demographically diverse population.
Metabolic Syndrome Web Focus
A cluster of conditions that occur together and increase the risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, metabolic syndrome affects nearly 50 million Americans. Read more about the various medical conditions that make up what is commonly referred to as metabolic syndrome in this free collection of articles from NPG and learn more about this emerging epidemic.
Obesity Society members may access the journal Obesity online through a special link to the website maintained by our publisher, Nature Publishing Group.
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Obesity Society Seeks EVP
The Obesity Society is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Executive Vice President. All interested candidates should refer to the candidate and organizational profile.
CME Programs on Obesity Online
Several slide deck programs launched as
CME programs are available on The Obesity Society's Obesity
Online education site:
These educational CME activities have been approved for AMA
PRA credit. All CME activities on this site are available
free of charge.
Weight Bias and Stigmatization
The Weight Bias Task Force fact sheet, Obesity, Bias, and
Stigmatization, examines the
serious and pervasive social consequences of being overweight and
obese and addresses five key questions:
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What is weight stigma?
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Where does weight stigma occur?
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What are the consequences of weight stigma?
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How are children affected by weight stigma?
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How can weight stigma be reduced?
Your Weight and Diabetes
Over seventeen million Americans (6.2% of the population) have diabetes. Almost 6 million Americans are unaware they have the disease. There are two main types of diabetes. Both types are caused by problems in how a hormone called insulin (that helps regulate blood sugar) works. Type 1 diabetes most often appears in childhood or adolescence and causes high blood sugar when your body can't make enough insulin. Over 90% of all diabetes cases are what we call type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is usually diagnosed after age forty; however it is now being found in all ages including children and adolescents. Type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity and physical inactivity.
Weight and Diabetes Fact Sheet
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