Description: Embark on this revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it, including transforming society's perspective of its dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies. Since approximately 80 percent of diets fail, weight loss medications offer desperate hope--a loss of up to one-quarter of body weight over 6 months--and importantly lowering risk of diabetes, cancer, and an early death. According to predictions, in just a few years one-quarter of the U.S. population will be taking these drugs. International leading experts--from Iceland to Minneapolis to Tokyo--collectively express the drug benefits are accompanied by 12 significant potential risks. Additionally, these drugs radically challenge what we think we know about shame, willpower, and healing while revealing the nature of obesity. This essential professional resource explains how the drugs work—scientifically, emotionally, and culturally. Understand how this contemporary revolution and its profound transformation upon the science and socialism of weight loss.

Objectives: • Explain how weight loss drugs are transforming society's perspective of its dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies. • Describe the 12 significant potential risks of weight loss drugs. • Understand how weight loss drugs work—scientifically, emotionally, and culturally.

Presenter(s): Athletic Trainer 360

Status: Active

Activity Difficulty Level: Advanced

Domains:

• Assessment
• Evaluation and Diagnosis
• Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility
• Risk Reduction
• Wellness and Health Literacy
• Therapeutic Intervention

Format: Virtual Asynchronous - On Demand

Dual Credentials and JA: Athletic Trainers Only

Start Date & Time: 01/01/2025 12:01 AM CST

End Date & Time: 02/01/2028 11:59 PM CST

Cost: $38.00

Capacity: 1000