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SCOPE E-Learning: The Treatment of Diabetes in Obesity
This course highlights the causal association between obesity and diabetes and proceeds to explore the methods of treating the latter while also addressing the former condition. Lifestyle measures are presented in detail, stressing the need for the employment of hypocaloric diets and increased physical activity. The pharmaceutical classes for the treatment of type 2 diabetes are then described, with an emphasis on those that lead to weight loss or are weight neutral. The cardioprotective and renoprotective properties of some of these drugs are also stressed. Medications approved for the treatment of obesity are then discussed, with a focus on their glycemic effect. The course concludes with a presentation of the role of metabolic surgery in the treatment of type 2 diabetes in patients with obesity, and a discussion of the recent guidelines proposed by the 2nd Diabetes Surgery Summit.
Duration: 00:45hrs
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| Contributed by: | Management of Obesity and Overweight |
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| Licence: | More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 28 February 2025 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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