Transcript Sharma 2005

Obesity Management:
Moving Beyond
“Eat Less & Move More”
Arya M Sharma, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor of Medicine
Research Chair for Obesity Research & Management
University of Alberta
Medical Director
Capital Health Weight Wise Program
Edmonton, AB, Canada
www.ch-weightwisemd.blogspot.com
Four-Fold
increase in
Morbid Obesity
in Canada in 20
Years
Katzmarzyk et al. CMAJ, 2006
Factors Contributing to Obesity
Lifestyle
• Poor diet
• Skipping meals
• Sugary soft
drinks
• Poor sleep
• Snacking
• Alcohol
• Sedentariness
• Etc.
Psychosocial
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Binge eating
• Boredom
• Social events
• Low income
• Stress
• Etc.
Biomedical
• Genetics
• Metabolism
• Intrauterine
growth
• Medications
• Injury
• Mobility issues
• Etc.
Adult Obesity in the Capital Health Region
BMI > 25 ~ 500,000
BMI > 30 ~ 250,000
BMI > 40 ~ 25,000
Sturgeon
County
Redwater
St Albert
Ft Sask
Yellowhead
County (East)
Strathcona
County
Stony Plain
Parkland County
Edmonton
Devon
Leduc
Leduc County
Relationship Between BMI and
Percent Body Fat in Men and
Women
70
Women
Body Fat (%)
60
Men
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
10
20
30
40
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
Adapted from: Gallagher et al. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;72:694.
50
60
OR (95% CI)
Association of waist-to-hip ratio within BMI
categories with myocardial infarction risk
<20
20-23
23.1-25
25.1-27
BMI (kg/m2)
27.1-29
>30
Yusuf S et al.
Lancet 2005;366:1640-1649
Health Consequences of Obesity
Sedentariness/Overnutrition
Mental
- depression
- anxiety
- personality disorder
- self esteem
- etc.
Mechanical
- osteoarthritis
- obstructive sleep apnea
- reflux disease
- urinary incontenance
- intertrigo
- etc.
Metabolic
- diabetes
- dyslipidemia
- fatty liver
- hypertension
- cancer
- PCOS
- gall bladder
- infertility
- etc.
Hormones / Adipokines / Inflammation
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Indications for Obesity Treatment
Indication for
obesity treatment
Symptoms/
Condition
Caused
by obesity?
Primary
Aggravated
by obesity?
Secondary
Unrelated
to obesity?
Tertiary
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Barriers to Weight Management
 Socio-economic?
 Emotional?
 Comorbidities?
 Medications?
 Saboteurs?
 Substance abuse?
 Genetics?
Sharma 2005
Selected Medications That Can
Cause Weight Gain
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– Insulin
Psychotropic
medications
–
Tricyclic
antidepressants
Monoamine
oxidase inhibitors
Specific SSRIs
Atypical
antipsychotics
Lithium
Specific
anticonvulsants
-adrenergic receptor
blockers
SSRI=Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.
Diabetes medications
– Sulfonylureas
– Thiazolidinediones
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Highly active antiretroviral
therapy

Tamoxifen

Steroid Hormones
– Glucocorticoids
– Progestational
steriods
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Isn’t Obesity Simple?
Genetics
Environmental
Determinants
Energy
In
+/-
+/-
Environmental
Determinants
Energy
Out
Energy Regulation is Complex!
Sharma AM 2007
The Dilemma
Kg
decades
Phases of Obesity Treatment
Phase I
Phase II
(Weight Loss)
(Weight-Loss Maintenance)
Weight
When you stop treatment,
the disease comes back!
3-6 months
Indefinitely
Treatment Success
Lifestyle (LS) ~ 3-5%
LS+Pharmacotherapy ~ 5-15%
LS+Surgery ~ 20-30%
Years
Degree of Long-Term Weightloss
Stepped Care Approach to
Obesity Management
Biliopancreatic
diversion
Gastric
pacemaker
Intragastric
devices
Roux-N-Y
Gastric Bypass
Adjustable
gastric banding
Pharmacotherapy
Hypocaloric
diets
Lifestyle
intervention
Treatment Intensity
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Ingestive Behaviour
Homeostatic System
Hunger:
Need for Calories
Satiety:
Sense of “Fullness”
Hedonic System
Appetite:
Need for Foods
Reward:
Sense of Pleasure
AM Sharma 08
Ingestive Behaviour
1. Pattern?
Regular Meals
Nutritional
Hygiene
2. Quality?
+
3. Quantity?
Portion
Control
Sharma AM 2007
Characteristics of the ideal
Anti-Obesity Drug
 Reduce body weight
 Maintain weight loss
 Well tolerated
 Long-term efficacy
 No rebound effect
 Reduce morbidity
 Reduce mortality
Sharma 06
Anti-Obesity Drug
Potential Modes of Action
 Energy intake
– Hunger 
– Appetite 
– Satiety 
 Energy metabolism
– Digestion/Absorption 
– Metabolism 
– Partitioning 
 Energy expenditure
– Metabolic thermogenesis 
– Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) 
– Exercise thermogenesis 
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STORM Mean bodyweight changes during
weight loss and weight maintenance
phases over 2 years
Weight loss
104
Weight maintenance
Control
Bodyweight (kg)
102
100
98
96
94
92
90
88
Sibutramine
0
2
4
6
8
10
12 14
Month
16
18
20
22
24
Same diet and exercise for both sibutramine and control
James WPT, Lancet 2001
Bariatric Surgery Reduces Mortality
in Swedish Obese Subjects
(n=2010 vs. 2037)
30% Reduction in All Cause Mortality
Sjostrom L et al. NEJM 2007;357:741-52
Long-Term Mortality After Gastric Bypass
Surgery
(n=7928 vs. 7925)
% reduced/10,000 person-yrs
All Cause
Mortality
40%
Coronary
Artery
Disease
Cancer
Diabetes
56%
60%
92%
Adams TD, et al. NEJM 2004;357:753
Bariatric Surgery
Effect on Cardiovascular Risk
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of
22,090 Patients
Dyslipidemia
Diabetes
Sleepapnea
% resolved
Hypertension
62%
70%
77%
86%
Buchwald H, et al. JAMA 2004;292:1724
24-Hour Plasma Ghrelin Profiles in Subjects Who
Underwent Gastric Bypass and in Controls
Cummings, D. E. et. al. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1623-1630
Patient Selection
 Motivation?
 Cognitive skills?
 Mental health?
 Surgical risk?
 Support system?
 Expectations?
 Follow-up?
Sharma AM 2007
Referrals to the Adult Bariatric Clinic
 Does your patient have an indication for
obesity treatment?
 Does your patient have important
barriers to obesity treatment?
 Is your patient likely to make and
sustain changes / adhere to treatments?
Fax Referral to Health LINK
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