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Nutrition interventions for obesity and metabolic disorders
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Case Description
Obesity and metabolic disorders have become significant public health concerns worldwide. Nutrition interventions play a crucial role in managing and preventing these conditions. Obesity is a complex condition characterized by excessive body fat accumulation. It increases the risk of developing...
Case Summary
- Obesity is a disease process associated with increased health risks, not merely a state of high BMI or waist circumference. It is driven by underlying diseases and classified under endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases. Obesity is considered multifactorial, resulting from a cumulative effect of various factors, including positive energy balance where dietary energy intake exceeds expenditure, often exacerbated by sedentary lifestyles.
Speaker Profile
Dr. Dhapnee
M.Sc, PDCR, PhD Head, Dept of Dietetics, Apollo Hospitals, ChennaiDr. Dhapnee is the Head of the Department of Dietetics at Apollo Hospitals with extensive expertise in clinical nutrition and dietetics.
She holds M.Sc, PDCR, and PhD qualifications, reflecting strong academic and research experience in nutritional sciences.
Her areas of interest include therapeutic nutrition, lifestyle disease management, clinical diet planning, and patient wellness programs.
She is actively involved in promoting evidence-based nutritional care and multidisciplinary patient management.
Through her leadership and academic contributions, she continues to advance clinical nutrition practices and healthcare education.
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