About Conference

The Summit is designed for a diverse mix of healthcare practitioners interested in discussing innovative solutions and new strategies for caring for patients with obesity. This Summit features sessions that highlight the causes of obesity and diabetes, preventive strategies, and therapeutic management approaches, including health disparities, lifestyle, diet & exercise, surgical treatment, medical treatment, patient-centered treatment, obesity types and complications, and weight recurrence.

Highlights

Summarize data on the effects of obesity on Hispanic populations and detail strategies to address these health disparities, Provide an evidence-based review of obesity as a chronic disease, adiposity and inflammation, unconscious bias, and impact of race and ethnicity, Describe strategies for treating obesity through nonpharmacologic weight-loss approaches, especially when applied to diet and exercise