Product Details

 

In 2016 the World Health Organization reported Globally more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. With 650 million adults falling into the obese category. Stats showed obesity had nearly tripled between 1975 to 2016. As of  2019, an estimated 38.2 million children under 5 years were overweight or obese. Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings.

This course aims to provide health professionals with the knowledge and skill to provide an evidenced-based multidisciplinary complication-centric personalized care for adults. Focusing on overweight/obesity through a non-judgmental supportive and motivating dialogue. with patients.

  As a healthcare professional can you empower overweight/obese patients to live a healthier lifestyle?

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Learning Objectives:

• Review the trends in age disparity, diets, statistics and obesity rates in the US.
• Differentiate the functions of several hormones in obese versus lean individuals.

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Your Speaker: Dr. Dawn Yoon

 

Dr. Demangone Yoon is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician in practice for more than 20 years.  Clinical practice has included Level I Trauma Center, Community Hospital and Urgent Care settings.  Educational/ Academic appointments have included Assistant Residency Program Director, Co-Director Clinical Clerkship for medical students. and Editor for an online CME education company.  Publications address a wide range of topics for multiple medical professional audiences.

 

Disclosures:

Dr. Demangone Yoon has no relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose that is related to this educational activity.The planners of this course have declared no relevant conflicts of interest that relate to this educational activity. Relias LLC guarantees this educational activity is free from bias.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

ANCC: Relias LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Contact hours [1.0] will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion. California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

ACCME: Relias LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Launch Date:

This CE activity available for streaming on June 16th, 2020

Expiration:

This CE activity is valid until June 16th, 2023