More than 100 million adults in the United States have obesity. Of these, many have additional chronic diseases, including 58% with high blood pressure and 23% with diabetes.
The cost of obesity is great. More than $173 billion dollars in medical expenditures, with annual medical costs for adults with obesity being double, triple and even quadruple the cost for adults with healthy weight. You can find these and more facts from CDC.gov.
ACSM’s Obesity Care Exercise Specialist Certificate course has been carefully developed by leading researchers in obesity care and behavior change to provide evidence-based education and tactics to help fitness professionals like you change lives.
The latest research on obesity medications and metabolic/bariatric procedures has been incorporated into this course to prepare the fitness professional to provide meaningful and effective support to clients using pharmacotherapy or surgical interventions.
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This session explores the physiology of hydration through an integrated lens—examining how carbohydrate, sodium, flavor, and fluid interact to influence intake, absorption, retention, and performance. We’ll review current research on fluid balance, osmotic drivers, and palatability, highlighting mechanisms that underpin voluntary intake and thermoregulation. Attendees will gain insight into individualized strategies, including sweat profiling and timing approaches, to optimize euhydration and mitigate performance decrements associated with >2% body-mass loss. Practical applications will be linked to laboratory- and field-based research, ensuring translation from bench to field. This pre-conference equips you with evidence-based tools to support athlete hydration across diverse environments and sporting contexts.
