Plymouth Symposium Could Have Ramifications for Tackling Obesity Worldwide

Obesity is a complex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat that might have a negative effect on their health. While there are several approaches to tackling obesity and its consequences in the population, it is clear that there is no single magic bullet. This is why this year's Plymouth Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Symposium, has brought together some of the UK's leading experts and opinion leaders to discuss their work in the field of obesity.

Entitled 'New Ideas and Controversies in Obesity,' the experts are showing the latest thinking in a number of areas related to obesity including the potential appropriateness, for some people, of bariatric surgical solutions as a primary approach to treating diabetes, the latest ideas and developments in important clinical trials, whether obesity is a psychological disorder and new insights into the role of the gut in regulating blood glucose levels and influencing the risk of developing diabetes.