EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Institution: World Journal of Methodology
Description: In this review, they analyze the epidemiological evidence from observational studies and Mendelian randomization studies linking obesity, diabetes, and cancer, as well as the complex pathophysiological mechanisms involved, including insulin resistance with associated hyperinsulinemia, the effect of inflammation chronic low-grade, and the effect of various adipokines associated with obesity and DM2
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Platform: WHO
Institution: World Health Organization
Description: Facts and figures on obesity and overweight from the World Health Organization.
PROACTIVE PREVENTION
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Institution: Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
Description: The objective of this review is to describe the advances in nutritional genomics regarding obesity and what has been the role and application of omics sciences in its study.
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Institution: Health Services and programs
Description: Compiles published evidence to date of obesity as the greatest modifiable risk factor for severe COVID.
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Institution: Nutrients
Description: This review aimed to discuss the mechanisms through which the gut microbiota might act as a key modifier of obesity and related metabolic complications.
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Institution: Journal of Obesity
Description: In this review, the epidemiology, predisposing factors, biomarkers, consequences, and prevention approaches of obesity were reviewed.
QUALITY AND SAFETY IN CARE
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Platform: Click Health
Institution: Carlos Slim Foundation
Description: Informative video about the problems that obesity can cause and how to eat a healthy diet.
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Platform: Click Health
Institution: Carlos Slim Foundation
Description: Informative video on the importance of feeding schedules for the general public.
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Institution: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
Description: The objective of this study was to identify the most relevant determinants in the increase in physical activity of the population included in the EVIDENT 3 study, concluding that motivation and self-efficiency were relevant to increase the minutes of physical activity.
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Platform: INSP
Institution: National Academy of Medicine of Mexico
Description: The guidelines are aimed at both health service providers and the general population. They are a very useful didactic resource, since they describe the characteristics of a correct diet when considering the customs, the socioeconomic resources and the cultural, environmental and gastronomic aspects of our country.
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Institution: Impact Medicine: Medscape Podcast in Spanish
Duration: 42min
Description: Interview with Dr. Mauricio Vera Zertuche, specialist in internal medicine, endocrinology and obesity. About pharmacological treatment of obesity
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Institution: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Description: Guide on the pharmacological management of obesity
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Platform: medigraphic
Institution: Internal Medicine of Mexico
Description: This article reviews the efficacy and safety of each of the approved anti-obesity medications available.
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Description: World Obesity Federation website
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Description: Obesity Society website
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Description: Website of the European Association for the Study of Obesity
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Description: Obesity Medical Association website
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Description: American Obesity Association website
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Institution: >Canadian Medical Association Journal
Description: This guideline update reflects substantial advances in the epidemiology, determinants, pathophysiology, assessment, prevention, and treatment of obesity, and shifts the focus of obesity management toward improving health outcomes centered on the patient, rather than just weight loss
CO-RESPONSIBILITY AND SELF-CARE
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Platform: My Integral Health
Institution: Carlos Slim Foundation
Description: Promote the monitoring of adherence to the treatment of chronic diseases of your patient.
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Platform: coursera
Institution: Stanford
Description: This course will shift the focus away from reductionist discussions of nutrients and move instead to practical discussions of real foods and the environment in which we consume them. By the end of this course, students should have the tools they need to distinguish between foods that will support their health and those that threaten it.
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Platform: Click Health
Institution: Carlos Slim Foundation
Description: Informative video on obesity and overweight for the general public.
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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Institution: Scope
Duration: 20 minutes
Description: Educational platform with more than 40 online courses on obesity management
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Institution: Nutrismart Nutrition Center
Description: Course available until December 31 in Spanish consisting of 12 digital classes that will cover topics such as fiber and healthy weight control, glycemic response and CV health
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Platform: coursera
Institution: Emory University
Description: We'll look at how our food environment has evolved over the last half century and how it's altering our biology to consume excess calories and resist sustained weight loss. We'll also look at how stress, a sedentary lifestyle, and inadequate sleep disrupt our appetite control system to promote weight gain.
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Platform: coursera
Institution: The University of Edinburgh
Description: In this course, we'll look at the facts and misconceptions about obesity and discuss key physiological and psychological concepts about the brain's control of appetite and body weight.
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Platform: Training for employment
Institution: Carlos Slim Foundation
Description: The health professional who takes this course will be able to explain the pathophysiology of obesity to understand the evolution of the disease, calculate the BMI to diagnose and classify its status, among other tools necessary for managing obesity.
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Platform: coursera
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Description: Introduce students to the basic tools of theory building and data analysis in systems science and apply those tools to better understand the obesity epidemic in human populations.
