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Adult Obesity: Reversing the Trend
Available for credit through February 2, 2008
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Approved for 1 Free Category 1 Credit
CME Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). CDC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Approved for 1.2 Free Contact Hours
CNE Statement
This activity for 1.2 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditations.
Approved for 0.1 Free Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
CEU Statement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been approved as an Authorized Provider of continuing education and training programs by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training and awards 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Program Goal
The goal is to educate clinicians, especially primary care providers, on diagnosing and treating overweight and obesity in adults. The tool will provide clinicians with the latest recommendations, and an overview of the resources available to help them diagnose and treat overweight adults.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Identify the epidemiology for obese adults.
- Calculate body mass index (BMI)
- Discuss the health problems that can be related to obesity.
- Describe the recommendations for nutrition.
- Describe the recommendations for physical activity.
- Discuss pharmacologic indications for obesity treatment.
- Describe the recommendations for surgical treatment.
Disclosure Statements
CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the exception of Dr. Robert Kushner wishes to disclose that he is a consultant for diet.com and has received grants/research support from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Dr. Michelle May wishes to disclose that she is a shareholder of Am I Hungry?, PLLC.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
Term of Approval
February 6, 2005 through February 6, 2008
Type of Equipment/Supplies Needed
A DVD player, either for use with the television or computer, is necessary. No special computer software is required. Alternatively, the program can be viewed through web streaming (www.discoveryhealthcme.com), which will require high speed internet.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
This program is funded through educational grants from Johnson & Johnson and its affiliated companies, LifeScan, Inc., and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc; and from sanofi-aventis.?
