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ERIN BENDER, PA-C

• B OARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

• NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CERTIFICATION OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (NCCPA)

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Sudhir MalhotraDirector - Healthcare Technology and Innovation

Debbie LalicTeam Lead – Customer Relations

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How Excess Weight Contributes to Aging and

Chronic Disease

America’s Obesity Epidemic

The Type 2 Diabetes Connection

24 million Americans (25% or 5.7 million are unaware!)

1 in 4 aged 60 or older

Becoming more common at younger ages

Global burden of diabetes primarily due to obesity

90% of type 2 DM attributable to excess body weight and lifestyle

What is our body made of ?

Bones

Organs

Muscle

Water

Fat

Where does fat collect in your body?

Inside the organs and arteries (Visceral fat)

Under the skin (Subcutaneous fat)

How we carry fat in the body

Visceral fat is unwanted

How visceral fat affects youPulmonary diseaseabnormal functionobstructive sleep apneahypoventilation syndrome

Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseasesteatosissteatohepatitiscirrhosis

Coronary heart disease Diabetes Dyslipidemia Hypertension

Gynecologic abnormalitiesabnormal mensesinfertilitypolycystic ovarian syndrome

Osteoarthritis

Skin

Gall bladder disease

Cancerbreast, uterus, cervixcolon, esophagus, pancreaskidney, prostate

Phlebitisvenous stasis

Gout

Idiopathic intracranial hypertensionStroke

Cataracts

Severe pancreatitis

Visceral fat strongly associated with

metabolic risk factors

Cardiovascular Disease &

Complications

Diabetic Complications

Metabolic Syndrome

(Visceral) Abdominal Obesity

Chronic Inflammation

Insulin Resistance

Type 2 Diabetes

Progression & outcomes of chronic

inflammationFFA

adipokines

Plaque or fat inside arteries blocking circulation

Rid yourself

of visceral fat and

the symptom

s will resolve

Prevention and Treatment

Prevention and Treatment

Where is the road block ?

Is it your hormones ?

Is your liver not doing the job ?

Is your body in fat-storing mode?

Are you addicted to food ? Mentally or physically

Are your cells not getting right signals ?

Solving problems at the roots

Causes of weight issuesSymptoms

MedicationsLifestyle

Stress Nutrition Social support

General Physical Factors

Disease and Illness

High blood pressureDepressionType 2 DiabetesFatigue

Prevention vs Treatment

Individualization & Personalization

Marathon Sprint

Lifestyle Change

Fat Loss vs Weight loss

Do you know what you’re made of?

BMI: 34 BMI: 34

BMI: how accurate is it?

Tracking The Fat Loss

Tracking The Fat Loss

Tracking The Fat Loss

Patient Results

“IT SAVED MY LIFEI NO LONGERHAVE DIABETES”

Patient Results

“DROPPED 25 LBSAFTER ATTEMPTINGPOPULAR DIETPLANS”

Patient Results

“I HAVE LOSTALMOST 70 LBSIN ABOUT 7MONTHS”

Patient Results

“I HAVE LOSTOVER 50 LBSIN ABOUT A 6MONTHS SPAN”

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Performance markers

from CPET test

Peak VO2 (VO2max)

Peak HR

Peak Watts

Anaerobic Threshold(AT)

HR at AT

Watts at AT

Today’s Food

Would you feed it to your dog?

Today’s Food

Up to 80% depleted in some vitamins & minerals

Over-fertilizedAntibiotics, pesticides

& preservatives

Today’s Food

Simple Carbohydrate

Sugar

Overeating Under eating

Harmful Habits

Does Timing Matter?

Vitamins: Are They Important?

Everything is not created

equal

• Fish oil• Quality• Ratios

“Physical Activity”

Over Exercising Under Exercising

Harmful Habits

Biological Vs Chronological Age

Aging ≠ Decreased Health

How old are you biologically vs. chronologically?

What are Telomeres?

Prolonging life of the cell

Takeaways

How Excess Weight Contributes to Aging and Chronic Disease

Prevention and Treatment• Target causes not symptoms• Individualize• Personalize• Fat loss not weight loss

Biological Vs Chronological Age

QUESTIONS?

QUIZ

What is a better measurement of good health?

A. Your weightB. Your waist

QUIZ

Which of the following foods does not contain healthy fats that will help keep you satisfied?

A. OlivesB. PeachesC. SalmonD. Walnuts

QUIZ

Skipping meals may cause your body to seek nourishment from your fat, thus burning more calories

A. True B. False

QUIZ

Sleep deprivation may alter levels of hormones in the body that regulate hunger, causing an increase in appetite

A. True B. False

QUIZ

Weight loss may be able to reverse Type 2 Diabetes.

A. True B. False

QUIZ

A nutrition facts label can list zero grams of fat even if the food does in fact contain some fat.

A. True B. False

QUIZ

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a condition that must be treated with medication

A. True B. False

QUIZ

Only adults need to have their cholesterol checked. Children can’t have high cholesterol

A. True B. False

Questions?

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