Obesity: How to Diagnose Underlying Causes and Personalize

The overall concept of obesity could be puzzling. Is the growing obesity epidemic a consequence of culture or a recent failure in human biology? Or perhaps even both. In this talk, different aspects will be presented that may explain the why behind the momentum of the current obesity epidemy. In line with this, how should we approach drugs or public health solutions? Or, again, perhaps even both.

Obesity: How to Diagnose Underlying Causes and Personalize

Elisabeth van Rossum, MD PhD

Erasmus University Medical Center

Obesity: How to Diagnose Underlying Causes and Personalize

Marcel Twickler, MD, PhD

AZ Monica, (Deurne, Antwerp) and Antwerp University