At "15 minutes with..." we talk about diabetes and obesity
Appointment Tuesday 7 March at 17 on the web and social channels of Aou Cagliari and L'Unione Sarda
Efisio Cossu and Fernanda Velluzzi (Photo Aou)
We talk about diabetes and obesity in the new episode of "15 minutes with..." the in-depth talk on the health of the Cagliari university hospital in collaboration with the Unione Sarda group, which will be broadcast live on Tuesday 7 March at 5 pm on social networks of the Aou of Cagliari (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter), on the website www.aoucagliari.it, on the Facebook page of the Unione Sarda and on www.unionesarda.it. As always, viewers will be able to ask questions live. On Wednesday, readers of the Unione Sarda will find in-depth information in the newspaper's “Salute” insert.
Guests of the column, conducted by journalist Fabrizio Meloni, head of Communications and External Relations of the Aou, will be Dr. Efisio Cossu, director of Diabetology of the Aou of Cagliari, Professor Fernanda Velluzzi, referent for the Obesity Center of San Giovanni di Dio and Dr. Giovanni Fantola, director of Metabolic Surgery and Obesity at ARNAS Brotzu.
In Italy there are over 3,200,000 people who claim to be affected by type 2 diabetes, 5-6% of the entire population. The World Health Organization has highlighted the close association between diabetes and obesity.
In the Obesity Center of San Giovanni di Dio an integrated multidisciplinary approach of a medical-endocrinological, nutritional and motor type is used with the possibility of counseling and psychological-psychiatric support, various specialist consultations and a possible direction towards a path of bariatric surgery.
Patients suffering from obesity even with a body mass index of 30kg/m2 (I and II degree obesity) have an increased risk of presenting type 2 diabetes and all the pathologies defined within the metabolic syndrome. Obesity surgery is the main therapy for patients with III degree obesity or with a body mass index greater than 40kg/m2.
The talk “15 minutes with…” is edited by Aou Cagliari News, the newspaper of the university hospital. An agile and simple format, it includes 15 minutes of discussions with specialists and the possibility for the public to ask questions live.
