Controlling food cravings in obesity management: The way forward

About this course

Chronic stress has a bidirectional impact on weight change. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, a principal mediator of physiological stress response, may play a central role in the association between stress and food intake. This e-learning module by Dr Kevin Lee elaborates on the pathophysiological association between stress and food metabolism and provides insights into advanced strategies to combat obesity-associated food cravings and hunger for individualized treatment outcomes in obesity management.

Learning outcomes

• Understand the complex aetiology of obesity
• Identify the role of nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress management in effective weight management
• Review the bidirectional effects of stress on weight change
• Understand the mechanism behind emotional or comfort-food eating
• Identify clinical approaches to tackle comfort-food eating and cravings
• Understand the significance of phenotype-guided therapy

Topics covered

• Unmet needs and significant players in obesity management
• Neuroendocrine mechanisms associated with stress response
• Link between stress response and weight change
• Classification of eating behaviour
• Stress-related/comfort food/emotional eating
• Importance of high protein and low carbohydrate diet in weight management
• Clinical approaches (medication to mindfulness based behavioural therapies) to tackle emotional eating and cravings
• Obesity phenotype classification & significance of phenotype-guided pharmacotherapy

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