City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Understanding Obesity as a Global Disease and Its Impact on Health

2019 F.M. Hill Lecture

Understanding Obesity as a Global Disease and Its Impact on Health

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FTOS

Obesity Medicine Scientist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. summarize the epidemiology and prevalence, pathophysiology, and genetic component of overweight and obesity in the adult population;
2. relate chronic disease risk factors in the adult population to the presence of overweight and obesity; and
3. recognize the persistence of chronic disease risk factors and weight bias present in childhood and adolescence into adulthood

Hosted at:

• Women's College Hospital
  Auditorium, 2501

Interactive videoconference:

• Baycrest
  Telehealth boardroom
• Michael Garron
  Gray Steele conference room
• Sinai Health
  Bridgepoint: G.001
  Mount Sinai Hospital: 18th floor Auditorium
• Sunnybrook
  Bayview: McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, EG 61
  St. John's Rehab: S3 332
• Trillium Health Partners
  Credit Valley: 1F509 PRCC Conf Room 4
  Mississauga: CA4 Small Boardroom
• Unity Health
  St. Joseph's: Sunnyside Building Room 2S.257
  St. Michael’s: LKSKI: Keenan Research Centre auditorium - 2nd fl.
• University Health Network
  Toronto General: Medical Education, Eaton Ground 025/026
  Toronto Western: Main auditorium, 2W 401
• West Park
  R3 Sunroom

Q&A:

Questions will be accepted via email at christian.base@utoronto.ca and Twitter.  

Evaluation & Attendance:

Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.

Printable Poster: 

CWMGR Poster - 19-11-20.pdf (150.79 KB)