Obesity: understanding the disease, nutritional approaches and new pharmacological interventions

Attendance an online digital event on Mar. 04, 2024 entitled “Obesity: understanding the disease, nutritional approaches and new pharmacological interventions”. The event was offered by International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). 

Description: Extra than 1 billion people  are obese all over the world. The World Health Organization approximates that, by 2025, around 167 million people will become less healthy because they are obese or overweight. In the present webinar the speakers concentrated on understanding the complications of obesity, looking at its categorization as an illness and a risk factor for chronic illnesses like cardiovascular illness, diabetes, and cancer. As well, they discovered nutritional tactics to obesity control and prevention, and offer the latest improvements in pharmacological interventions that pharmacists require to be conscious of. We obtained practical tools and worthy knowledge from expert speakers.  

Moderator:

- Filipa Alves da Costa, Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal.