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Obesity Medicine e-Weekly
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News
Thank you, Dr. Seim!
Thank you, Dr. Harold Seim, for many years of service to ASBP! Dr. Seim recently retired from his position as ASBP Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program Director, a title he held since 1990. He has been an ASBP member for 37 years and has attended 24 consecutive years of conferences. ASBP appreciates his hard work and dedication to the improvement of CME programs and to the field of obesity medicine.  ASBP releases new membership video Visit the ASBP website to watch the new membership video, which describes the value of becoming a member and joining a network of obesity medicine clinicians. Know someone who's not yet a member? Send them a link to the video and tell them why they should become part of this fast-growing specialty in the health care industry!  Seniors' obesity-counseling benefit goes largely unused Medicare's free weight-loss counseling benefit for seniors has gone largely unused in the past three years. According to USA Today, "fewer than 1 percent of Medicare's 50 million beneficiaries have used the benefit." One downfall of the benefit that may be limiting its success: obesity medicine clinicians are excluded from participating. Read the full article from USA Today.
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Resources
 The Obesity Treatment Foundation (OTF) helps keep you up to date on current obesity research! Each week, OTF publishes a brief overview of three recent studies so you can be in the know, even during your busiest days. Click the titles below to view the full articles, and please consider supporting OTF so we can continue to provide you with updates on the latest research.
Bucci, M., et al. Diabetologia, 2014.
In healthy individuals, visceral fat is more metabolically active in terms of free fatty-acid (FFA) uptake in the fasting state compared to subcutaneous fat. A study was conducted to determine whether a very low-calorie diet (VLCD) produces a more pronounced decline in fasting FFA uptake in visceral than subcutaneous fat in relation to the reduction of the individual fat masses. The study found that participants affected by obesity had greater than 100 percent higher FFA uptake in the visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat depots than lean subjects at baseline. The VLCD decreased fat mass in all regions, but FFA uptake decreased only in the femoral adipose tissue. Whole body carbohydrate oxidation decreased, while fat oxidation increased in all subjects. The study concluded that visceral fat takes up more FFA than subcutaneous fat depots, even after weight loss.
Letona, P., et al. International Journal of Obesity, 2014.
Food marketing generates positive attitudes toward products and promotes consumption of them. A study in Guatemala was conducted to test how licensed characters on food packaging might affect children's taste and snack preferences. The study found that children preferred the taste of the foods inside the package with the licensed character compared to the one with no character, and the majority of children also chose the package with the licensed character for their snack. Younger children were more likely to prefer the taste of the food inside the package with the character. These findings suggest that food marketing influences children and could contribute toward overconsumption of certain foods, consequently exacerbating the prevalence of childhood obesity.
Association between vitamin D and adiponectin and its relationship with body mass index: The META-Health study
Bidulescu, A., et al. Front Public Health, 2014.
Low vitamin D and adiponectin levels are associated with obesity and cardiovascular disease, and it has been shown that vitamin D levels are directly associated with adiponectin across obesity levels. This phenomenon, however, has not been tested in African-Americans (AA), who are known to have low levels of vitamin D and adiponectin. Cross-sectional analyses were performed on 426 non-diabetic participants (218 whites and 208 AA) from a random sample of the metro Atlanta area. Results showed that among lean white women there was a significant positive association between vitamin D and adiponectin; however, lean AA women had a significant inverse association. There was no association present among men or individuals with obesity. This study suggests that the association of vitamin D and adiponectin is dependent on race, sex, and body mass index (BMI) category. This also reinforces the idea that results from studies conducted on white males may not represent effects in all individuals, and studies should be conducted in a variety of participants of different ethnic backgrounds, ages, BMI categories, and sexes.
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Education
 Early registration for Obesity Medicine 2015 in Denver is now open
Join us in Denver for Obesity Medicine 2015: Recognizing Obesity as a Disease, which includes the all-new Special Interest Sessions as well as the popular feature of each spring conference, the Spring Obesity Summit, with completely new content for 2015. Save the date and plan to join nearly 500 obesity medicine physicians and other health care providers furthering their knowledge about the latest discussions taking place in the exciting field of obesity medicine.
When: April 8-12, 2015
Where: Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center
- Full Conference
30 CME | April 8-12 | Register online for the full conference
Includes both the Special Interest Sessions and the Spring Obesity Summit. - Special Interest Sessions
12.5 CME | April 8-9 | Register online for this course
Build your own schedule and attend the lectures that most interest you. Choose among the lectures offered concurrently during the Obesity Medicine Essentials course and the Nutrition and Metabolism Symposium. Obesity Medicine Essentials provides practical and how-to information about the medical care of patients affected by obesity. The Nutrition and Metabolism Symposium focuses on evidence-based research related to nutrition and diet. - Spring Obesity Summit
17.5 CME | April 10-12 | Register online for this course
Enhance your knowledge about the latest scientific research and trends related to the evaluation and treatment of patients affected by obesity.
Want more? Save the date for Overcoming Obesity 2015: Diagnose. Personalize. Treat. in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2015.
 Obesity Basic Medical Treatment course dates and cities announced
Do you know anyone who wants to learn the basics of medical obesity treatment but doesn't know where to start? The OBMT course teaches physicians and health care providers who are brand new to the field of obesity medicine about the basic approaches to obesity treatment. Attendees can then decide whether or not to pursue further obesity medicine education. More details and online registration are now available for the following dates and cities.
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