Obesity, weight loss and New Year’s Resolutions – December 4, 2012

As the holidays approach, many of us are running a gauntlet of high-calorie food, from family dinners with extra helpings to sweet-laden tables at company parties. Is it any wonder that weight loss is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions? 

Yet most weight loss efforts fail – and if they do succeed, people don’t usually manage to keep weight off.  Today we’re asking: what does the science say?

  • Why people become obese?
  • Why most weight-loss efforts fail?
  • How can you make New Year’s weight loss resolutions likely to succeed?

The SMCC collaborated with Evidencenetwork.ca and their experts to produce a webinar on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. 

Panelists:

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute, University of Ottawa

Dr. Arya Sharma, Professor of Medicine & Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the University of Alberta

Listen to the audio by clicking the links below:  

Dr. Freedhoff

Dr. Sharma

Powerpoint slides:

Dr. Freedhoff

Dr. Sharma

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