Obesity Session Discussion Questions
Questions: Obesity / CommentsGENERAL
1 / How to define obesity:
2 / How to classify Obesity:
3 / What is the morbid obesity?
4 / What is the significance of Waist Circumference?
5 / What are the four main diseases are more common in obese patients?
6 / What are the body systems affected by the morbid obesity?
7 / How the BMI is calculated?
8 / What is the normal BMI for an adult person?
9 / How BMI measurement differs in children from adults. How it could be calculated in children?
10 / What are the contributing factors in the development of obesity?
11 / What are the diseases which could contribute in development of obesity?
12 / What are the medications which can contribute in development of obesity?
13 / What are the roles of genetic factors in development of Obesity?
CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS:
14 / What are the points to be included while taking history from an obese patient?
15 / What are the clinical examination will be included in an obese patient?
INVESTIGATION
16 / What are the initial lab investigations to be carried out in an obese patient?
TREATMENT
17 / What are the dietary approach in the management of obesity?
18 / What are the Behavioral approaches in the management of Obesity?
19 / What is the team approach in the management of obesity?
20 / What is very low energy diet (VLED), and when to be applied?
21 / What are the other benefits of VLED apart from the weight reduction?
22 / What are the contraindications to use VLED?
23 / What is the five “A” approach in the management of obesity?
24 / What are the medications used in obesity management?
25 / What are the different surgical approach to obesity?
26 / Who are the candidates for Bariatric surgery?
27 / What are the contraindications of Bariatric surgery?
28 / What are the pre-surgical evaluation of a patient for Bariatric surgery?
29 / What are the four EBM-Key Recommendation to fight Obesity in Practice?
30 / What are the EBM-Key Obesity-Related Behaviors of Adults and Children
COMPLICATIONS
31 / What are the common complication will be found in an obese patients?