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Obesity has conventionally been defined by Body
Mass Index (BMI) - but not everyone with an increased BMI
is at high risk.
On the other hand some people with lower BMI
could also benefit from losing weight.
When deciding whether or not to treat obesity,
many considerations besides BMI need to be taken into account
- weight distribution (Apple vs. Pear), familial risk and
other risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure or
sleep apnea.
This talk will discuss why measuring BMI alone
is not enough to decide who needs obesity treatment and who
does not.
This is a free public
lecture.
All are welcome!
Tuesday November 14, 2006
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Lecture begins at 7 p.m.
Hamilton Specator Auditorium
To reserve your seat:
e-mail sciencecity@mcmaster.ca
Or by phone 905-525-9140, extension 24934
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| Arya
M. Sharma holds a Canada
Research Chair in Cardiovascular Obesity Research
and Management, and is Professor of Medicine at the
Michael
G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University.
He is also Director of The Centre for Cardiovascular
Obesity Research and Management at the Hamilton General
Hospital as well as the Scientific Director of the newly
established Canadian
Obesity Network - Obesity Canada. His research focuses
on the environmental and biological causes of obesity
and an evidence-based approach to managing obese patients.
He is also working on the development of novel interventions
for treating obese patients and people with a propensity
for obesity.
Until 2002, he was Professor of Medicine, Department
of Nephrology and Hypertension, at the Franz-Volhard-Klinik–Charité
in Berlin, Germany, where he was in charge of a hypertension
and obesity clinic. Scientific associations of which
he is a member include the German, American, and International
Societies of Hypertension and Nephrology, and he is
a fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research
of the American Heart Association.
Dr. Sharma is on the editorial boards of Hypertension
and the Journal of Hypertension, and he has authored
or coauthored more than 200 scientific articles. He
has also lectured widely on the etiology and management
of hypertension, obesity, and related cardiovascular
disorders. Dr. Sharma holds postdoctoral degrees in
internal medicine and nephrology.
Arya
Sharma's Home Page
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