Contemporary Obesity Treatment: Implications for Clinical Exercise Physiology
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PRESENTER: John Jakicic, PhD; University of Kansas Medical Center
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BRIEF SUMMARY
Obesity is a chronic health condition requiring ongoing and effective methods of treatment. Contemporary treatments for obesity are focused on broad health benefits, which go beyond weight loss and include contemporary pharmacotherapies. These treatments provide unique contemporary opportunities for physical activity and exercise, and clinical exercise physiologists may contribute to unique and effectives ways within these treatments. This session focuses on addressing these important obesity treatment opportunities within the context of clinical exercise physiology.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- To understand contemporary treatments for obesity.
- To understand how exercise plays a role in contemporary approaches for obesity.
- To understand how to implement person-center exercise and physical activity programming for the treatment of obesity.
- To understand how a clinical exercise physiologist can play an important role as a component of a comprehensive clinical team for the treatment of obesity..
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
John M. Jakicic, PhD is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His clinical research has focused on understanding the role of physical activity within the context of obesity treatment and related chronic health conditions. Trained as an exercise physiologist and also an ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist, he has authored the recent ACSM Consensus Paper focused on obesity treatment related to excess weight and adiposity. Key to his work has been an emphasis on person-centered approaches to physical activity and exercise within the context of comprehensive and contemporary obesity treatment.
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Registration is required before Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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