Presentations

International

1. Speaker: Which treatment for metabolic syndrome? Selected Topics in Hypertension, Sattelite Meeting Brescia, 17th European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, June15-17, 2007

2. Speaker: Reducing cardiometabolic risk, Obesity Topical Workshop, 17th European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, June15-17, 2007

3. Speaker: Medical and surgical management of obesity, Obesity and Hypertension Working Group, 17th European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, June15-17, 2007

4. Speaker: Blood pressure changes with sibutramine versus placebo in randoized, double-blind controlled trials: a retrospective analysis. 17th European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, June15-17, 2007

National

1. Organizer and Faculty: 2st Canadian Obesity Network Summer Boot Camp, Dushesnay, Quebec, July 31- August 8, 2007

2. Establishing a clinical weight management program: what can we learn from adults? National Think Tank for Health Services Delivery and Research in Pediatric Weight Management, Edmonton, AB, April 16, 2007

3. Obesity treatment in adults implications for childhood obesity, McMaster Children's Hospital Nutrition Days, Hamilton, February 24, 2007

4. Obesity and the metabolic syndrome, American College of Physicians, Ontario Chapter, Toronto, February 24, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)


Dr Sharma - Why do I feel hungry soon after a meal?

Simply stated, the feeling of hunger signals the lack of sugar in your blood stream. When blood sugar levels drop, you sense that feeling of hunger that is instantly relieved by eating food. This often happens when you eat so called high glycemic foods, or foods that are rapidly digested. These foods quickly raise the level of blood sugar, in response your pancreas produces produces large amounts of insulin, which drives the sugar into cells thereby rapidly lowering your lowering your blood sugar levels. This causes the sensation of hunger, reducing the glycemic load, but also eating foods that are more difficult to digest, like whole grains with more fibre can make you feel more full longer than after eating foods that are easy to digest and have a high glycemic load and they just leave you longing for more.

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Obesity epidemic lacks funding
London Free Press, Canada - 17 Aug 2007
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