This course is Lesson 2 of a recently completed webinar entitled, "Weight Management Strategies." Successfully completing this lesson will earn 1.5 CEs. For accreditation information and presenter biographies, Click here.

Topics:

I. Clinical assessment of obesity


a. Assessing a patient with obesity


II. Tools used to screen patients with obesity


a. How to use tools
b. What tools indicate about the patient
c. Results that indicate obesity


III. Treating obesity with a multi-disciplinary team


a. Benefits of using multi-disciplinary team
b. Success rates/statistics


IV. Disordered eating and binge disorders


a. Define disordered eating and binge disorders
b. Signs of disordered eating patterns


1. Identifying a person with an eating disorder


c. Complications associated with behaviors
d. Treatment options

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the clinical assessment of obesity.
2. List the tools to be used when screening of the obese population.
3. Explain the importance of using the multi-disciplinary team approach in obese patients.
4. Identify the signs of disordered eating and binge disorders and understand the complications associated with these disorders and how they are treated.