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 does it seem more difficult to lose weight each time you diet?

Each time you lose weight, your body goes into starvation mode and optimizes its ability to store extra calories. Each time you lose weight, you not only lose fat, but also some muscle mass. When you stop the diet, your body rapidly builds back the fat stores, and often leaves you with less muscle than you had to start with. Because it is the muscle that burns the energy, you will find that your body actually needs less calories to maintain the same body weight that you had before your diet. This means that the next time you diet, you will have to reduce your calorie intake even more drastically to get the same amount of weight loss that you got the last time you were on a diet. That is why many people find that diets that may have worked before no longer work for them.

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In the News

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Capital Health lands obesity top gun
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Obesity epidemic lacks funding
London Free Press, Canada - 17 Aug 2007
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Arya M. Sharma, MD

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Dr Sharma - Why does it seem more difficult to lose weight each time you diet?