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Table 3 Table of contents of the interactive course: "Monitoring and treating obesity by the family practitioner"

From: An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity

1

Obesity – the epidemiological perspective

2

The pathogenesis and metabolic factors of obesity

3

The clinical approach of the family physician to the obese patient

4

Nutrition, diet and treatment of overweight

5

Self-control and behavior modification – diagnosing and managing the stages of change: the trans-theoretical model, the self-regulation model

6

Physical activity and exercise, lifestyle and energy expenditure

7

Drug treatment of obesity

8

Surgical treatment of obesity

9

The metabolic syndrome

10

The mechanism of hypertension in obesity

11

The diabetic obese patient

12

Infertility of obese women