The Weight and Cancer Connection

INSTRUCTIONS - Start Here

Review of the research about obesity/overweight and risk of cancers. Discuss specific interventions and ways for providers to have conversations with their patients and ways to employ self-care to achieve health weight.

1. Determine which cancer sites have "strong evidence" to support adult body fatness and increased cancer risk
2. Identify three key strategies to effectively address overweight/obesity for ourselves and our patients
3. Discuss the current hypotheses about mechanism of action for body fatness and increased cancer risk

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), Act 13 Patient Safety/Risk Management Credits (1.00 hours)

Friday, April 1, 2022, 6:30 AM - Sunday, December 31, 2023, 11:00 PM

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