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July 12 – How is the obesity revolution impacting Illinois?
July 12, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Obesity is undergoing a rapid cultural shift. Shedding previous perceptions that it’s mostly a lifestyle choice, doctors and medical experts are helping reshape obesity as a disease — one that can lead to hypertension, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Communities of color are being hit the hardest.
Meanwhile, guidelines on how to treat obesity are changing and drugmakers are delivering a new class of effective treatments, with more in the pipeline.
But, cutting-edge therapeutics remain out of reach for many. And as doctors rush to prescribe pills, some are concerned that environmental factors and other root causes of obesity may be overlooked.
Health News Illinois is assembling an expert, virtual panel on July 12 to examine the issue.
Panelists:
- Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin
- Dr. Robert Kushner, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Justin Ryder, Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Surgery, Lurie Children’s Hospital
- Courtney Walker, Health Outcomes Director – Health Equity, Novo Nordisk
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