Managing Obesity: The Impact on Prediabetes and Diabetes
David Macklin, MD, CCFP
Topics: Diabetes, Obesity, Prediabetes
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Objectives
- Explore the pathophysiology of obesity as a real chronic disease that is heavily influenced by genetics, hormones, the central nervous system, and our environment.
- Recognize that treatment exists for obesity and review the behavioural and pharmacological recommendations for the treatment of obesity and how they intersect with the treatment of diabetes.
- Gain insight into how the treatment of obesity can delay the onset of diabetes and further improve diabetes care—reflecting on the lessons learned from an obesity expert.
Faculty
David Macklin MD, CCFP
Dr. David A. Macklin is a lecturer at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and a University of Toronto trained family physician. David has committed his career to the prevention and treatment of obesity; directing multidisciplinary, evidence based - behavioural weight management programs. He is the Medical Director of the Weight Management Program at the Medcan Clinic. He is also the Medical Director the Weight Management Program at the Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital High Risk/Special Pregnancy BMI unit. He is a Science Committee member at Obesity Canada (OC). David is a co-author of the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of Obesity - behavioural treatment chapter. David is also a co-author of the Canadian Action Study.