Public lecture: Treatment of obesity - present and future

This public lecture will be delivered by Dr Dimitris Papamargaritis, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leicester Diabetes Centre.

The public lecture will discuss obesity as a disease and obesity stigma. It will consider lifestyle interventions, currently available pharmacotherapies and bariatric surgery for weight loss and weight management. The talk will also cover the physiology of weight regain as well as the mechanisms of weight loss after bariatric surgery. Newly approved and possible future pharmacotherapies for weight loss will be considered.