Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to.

1. Describe monogenic defects that could be causing early onset obesity.
2. Describe the feeding behaviors that would be concerning for monogenic obesity.
3. Review the potential treatment options for monogenic obesity. 

Faculty

Rushika Conroy, MD
Pediatric endocrinology, Baystate Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Umass Chan-Baystate

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.