Ontario College of Family Physicians (340 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON)

Obesity prevention and treatment in primary care - are we there yet? Recent evidence points to promising and scalable methods of successfully treating obesity in a primary care setting. This presentation will detail the current understanding of the etiology of obesity, will review the evidence suggesting effective and safe treatment methods in a primary care setting, and demonstrate the details of current behavioural treatment methodologies.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how overeating can result when ancient reward brain circuitry collides with the toxic-tasty food filled environment 
• Review recent evidence suggesting that Primary Care Physicians can deliver safe and effective weight-loss interventions in a primary care setting. 
• Describe the treatment methods of an evidence based obesity prevention tool and treatment.

Workshop is limited to 16 participants.