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Dermatology Congress 2018 & World Nephrology 2018 Archives of General Internal Medicine | ISSN: 2591-7951 | Volume 2
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Vinod Chandra Tawar, Arch Gen Intern Med 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C5-014
A NOVEL APPROACH TO OBESITY
MANAGEMENT AN ECONOMICAL, PATIENT
PARTICIPATION STUDY FOR MULTIPLE
DISEASES PREVENTION
Vinod Chandra Tawar
King George Med Clinic, USA
There is a well re-recognized fact that obesity is a causative factor to many
life-threatening diseases. In general, lifestyle, family history, inactivity,
medicationsetc.Areknowncontributors.However,irrespectiveofcontributors,
losing weight has been a challenging issue i.e. cost, motivation, compliance,
effectiveness, etc. Obesity leads to diabetes, ischemic heart disease,
depression, arthritis, all cause mortality, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, stroke,
gallbladder disease, obstructive sleep apnea, asthma, pancreatic and cancers
originating in reproductive system. Current study was conducted over 12-16
weeks consisting of 38 patients. A review of their history revealed poor eating
habits, depression, diabetes, hypertension, inactivity etc. The management
approach consisted of initial lab tests. Training patients to self-inject
subcutaneous injections two-three times a week, under guidance of vitamin
b12 (cyanocobalamin 0.5cc) and vitamin b6 (pyridoxine) (0.5cc) followed
by weekly patient visits, two-three times per week. For dietary control, the
patients were advised to be calorie-wise and remain active. The results at
the end of study demonstrated highest compliance, motivation, increased
physical activity and a consistent weight loss of 8-10 pounds per month (4-
6%) that remained sustained even after discontinuation of treatment. Most
importantly, the study was a preferred approach for being most economical.
The exception to the finding was patients with mood disorders and a poor
dietary control did not demonstrate a significant weight loss. A 56-year
female patient with no prior illnesses had lost 35 pounds in 16 weeks, that
has remained unchanged over 12 months.
Vinod Chandra Tawar has earned BSc Hons. and BSc
Tech. Pharmaceuticals fromUniversity of Bombay. He
was offered a Teaching Assistantship at the School of
Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Canada, where he
achieved a Post-graduate (MSc) degree in Pharmacol-
ogy followed by working as a Toxicologist at a univer-
sity hospital in Winnipeg for a duration of 10 years. In
due course, he developed a toxicology laboratory for
patient management and forensic purposes. This lat-
er became a reference laboratory for the Province of
Manitoba. In 1981, he decided to study medicine and
graduated Medicine in 1985. Subsequently, he joined
Douglas Hospital Research Centre at McGill University
as a Psychiatry Research Consultant with participa-
tion in projects on depression, Alzheimer’s disease, al-
coholism and schizophrenia. Here he had co-authored
many research papers. After five years, he was offered
a two-year Residency position for licensure in gener-
al practice. Currently, he has been in an office-based
group family medicine practice for 16 years. Eight
years ago, he has completed post-graduate studies
in Family Medicine for the specialty while working.
During his practice, he had conducted research on de-
pression, hypertension, GERD and asthma. At present,
he has maintained his interest on Nephropathy and
challenging tasks of medicine.
BIOGRAPHY