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In this 1-hour virtual seminar, Dr. Robert H. Eckel, M.D., will present on the “Lancet Commission: Definition & Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity.” Measures of obesity based on height and weight (BMI) are useful, but fail to provide accurate assessments of body fat (adiposity) and/or fat distribution. Moreover, BMI offers no information about health. Although some individuals have illnesses related to excess adiposity, obesity as defined by height and weight is not a disease in itself. Dr. Eckel will describe the process and outcomes of the Lancet Commission (the Commission), as well as potential implications for clinical care and research using these new diagnostic criteria. Dr. Eckel is an endocrinologist and the former Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis in the Department of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. For nearly 30 years, Dr. Eckel served as the associate and then program director of the Adult General Clinical Research Center, and subsequently as the interim vice chancellor for research. Dr. Eckel is past president of the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association (Medicine and Science), the Obesity Society, and the Association of Patient-Oriented Research. He has been a contributor to various professional guidelines and has received numerous awards. Dr. Eckel has published more than 400 articles/editorials in peer-reviewed journals and his translational research has used populations, human subjects, genetically modified mice, and molecular techniques to pursue physiologic and pathophysiological insights into cardiometabolic disorders such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. If you have questions for the Dr. Eckel, please email them to ONPA@mail.nih.gov. For more information visit https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2025/nhlbi-obesity-nutrition-and-physical-activity-onpa-seminar-series-lancet-commission |
