| When: Thursday, 11/4/2021, 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
| Credits: 1 CME_Physicians Credit |
| Credits: 1 CME_OtherProfessions Credit |
Description: This session will provide a global overview of how COVID-19 has impacted the lives of people living with obesity. EASO will share the results of its comprehensive European Study, with 3000 participants across 10 countries, and WOF will present highlights of its survey to show how the organizations’ members have perceived and dealt with the pandemic. The main part of the session will be a lively roundtable discussion among 4 different obesity patients living in different parts of the world where they will share the challenges, difficulties, fears and learnings from their personal experience during the pandemic. Attendees will learn the impact of covid on people living with obesity, and how we can improve future responses and care models from these learnings.
This session was jointly produced by The Obesity Society (TOS) Obesity Canada, European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), and World Obesity Federation (WOF).
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| Delivery Mechanism: Broadcast |
| Keyword: Co-morbidities: COVID-19; Environment: Social Environment; Policy: Health Care |
Track: Sub-track: Diversity & Health Inequities; Track 4: Population Health; Track 6: Policy/Public Health
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Speakers:
 | Jason Christian Grovenor Halford | Session Chair and Moderator | |  | Jay J. Duckworth, PhD | The Impact of the COVID Pandemic on People Living with Obesity in Europe: The Europeans Study | 10:30 am - 10:45 am | | Jay J. Duckworth, PhD | Q&A | 10:45 am - 10:50 am |  | Olivia Barata Cavalcanti, PhD, MPH, MIA | WOF COVID-19 Survey | 10:50 am - 10:55 am |  | Saifullah Muzakir Yusop | Patient Roundtable | 11:10 am - 11:30 am |  | Audrey Roberts | Patient Roundtable | 11:10 am - 11:30 am |  | Katja Badke | Patient Roundtable | 11:10 am - 11:30 am |  | Stephen Ogweno, MPH | Patient Roundtable | 11:10 am - 11:30 am |
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| Learning Objective: Apply lessons learned about the impact of: nutrition and obesity initiatives to reduce health disparities, and federal nutrition and obesity policies on health disparities. |
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