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Beyond the Scale: Unpacking the Obesity Puzzle

Date Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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Zoom Session
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Zoom Session, MA, 00000
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In this two-part online series led by Judi Townsend, Physician Assistant in Medical Weight Management at Beth Israel Lahey Medical Center, understand how both your psychology and physiology are vital to weight management and obesity prevention. Topics for the second part of the series will focus on the mental and emotional aspects of obesity:

- Psychological and social determinants of weight

- Bidirectional relationship between psychological health and weight

- Willpower vs Will and Power

- Food for fuel and comfort

- Cravings: Psychological vs Physiological

- Early childhood experiences and long-term weight management

- Transforming habits

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This ONLINE event is FREE, offered in collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) & Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham.

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