(26 Mins 22 Secs)

Summary Points: Although lifestyle and drug interventions for obesity can induce weight loss, their ability to promote weight maintenance is questionable. Behavioral changes can play a key role in long term weight control and understanding how energy metabolism is altered in obese individuals and in those who lose weight.

Presenters:

• Holly R. Wyatt, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the University of Colorado.
• Suzanne Phelan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School.
• Robert H. Lustig, MD, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at UCSF.