Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine

The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine covers topics such as:

  • Building and upholding a effective Obesity Medicine practice
  • All-inclusive estimation of the patient with obesity
  • Effective counseling and motivation techniques
  • Evolving precision medicine approaches to obesity and metabolic disorders
  • Evolving strategies and therapies for genetic obesity
  • Enhancing communication about obesity with patients, payers, referring providers and public
  • Medical and surgical treatment of children, adolescents and adults with obesity
  • Medical management of the patient with obesity
  • Steering our understanding of how diet influences metabolic processes
  • Enhancing medical outcomes after bariatric surgery