Pharmacotherapy for obesity : why it is needed / Joe Proietto.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Proietto, Joe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body weight.

Epigenesis, Genetic.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (27 min., 33 sec.) : color, sound

Other Title:

Pharmacotherapy for obesity

Place of Publication:

London : Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, 2025.

System Details:

video file

Contents:

Introduction

Declaration of possible conflicts of interest

Factors that can influence body weight

All of obesity is genetic

Evidence that all of obesity is genetic (1)

A study evaluating the intrapair correlation of body weight between twins

Intrapair correlation of body weight

Effect of 100 days of overfeeding in 12 pairs of identical twins

An adoption study of human obesity (1)

An adoption study of human obesity (2)

How can obesity be genetic?

Epigenetics

Pre-conception

In Utero

Post-natal

Mapped the DNA methylation status

Evidence that all of obesity is genetic (2)

Negative feedback system #1

Negative feedback system #2 (1)

Negative feedback system #2 (2)

Osteocytes

Evidence that all of obesity is genetic (3)

Central regulation of body weight

Changes in leptin levels with dieting

Ghrelin

Post-breakfast CCK release pre- and post-weight loss

Results

Mean change in body weight and leptin levels from baseline to week 62

Mean fasting and postprandial levels of ghrelin, peptide YY, amylin, and cholecystokinin

Fasting and postprandial ratings of hunger and desire to eat

Changes in energy expenditure associated with weight change

Total (TEE), resting (REE) and non-resting (NREE) energy expenditure

Leptin levels 6 years after weight loss

Conclusion.

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Retrieved August 14, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/UFHU4202.