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Obesity and Chronic Diseases

Obesity is a chronic disease with a multifactorial etiology including genetics, environment, lifestyle, metabolism and behavioral components. A chronic disease treatment model involving both lifestyle interventions and, when appropriate, extra medicinal therapies carried by an interdisciplinary crew including exercise specialists, dietitians, physicians and behavior counsellors proposals the best chance for effective obesity treatment. Lifestyle aspects such as regular physical activity, proper nutrition and changes in eating behaviors should be synchronized.

Below are few diseases where obesity is showing to play a role.

  • Various Cancers
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Neurological Degeneration
  • Stroke
  • Hypertension
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Anemia

Committee Members
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Russell Rising

Russell Rising

D & S Consulting Services Inc, United States
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Robert Gabbay

Robert Gabbay

Harvard Medical School, United States
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Hassan Massoud Heshmati

Hassan Massoud Heshmati

Endocrinology Metabolism Consulting, LLC, Hassan Heshmati and Valerie Shaw Endocrine Research, United States
WOC 2026 Speakers
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Melinda J Watman

Melinda J Watman

Weighty Decision, United States
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Michelle Petties

Michelle Petties

Brand New Now Press, United States
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Kelly Broadwater

Kelly Broadwater

Chrysalis Center for Counseling and Eating Disorder Treatment, United States
Speaker at World Obesity and Weight Management Congress 2026 - Jesse Cochrane

Jesse Cochrane

Lipedema Foundation, United States

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