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All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO) Kerala Chapter in association with Jothydev's Professional Education Forum (JPEF) organized the 3rd Annual Meet of AIAARO Kerala Chapter 2021, a virtual conference with the theme ‘Mind it’ on 5th November 2021. The 6-hour program was set off by Ms. Geethu Sanal, Secretary AIAARO Kerala Chapter, with a brief welcome. Dr. Benny P V, Organising Committee Chairperson addressed the program. Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev, Vice President, AIAARO Kerala Chapter gave a brief introduction on AIAARO.

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Samuel Koshy, Indian Medical Association, State Elect President. Ms. Shilpa Joshi, National Secretary, AIAARO and Dr. Syam D Gopal, Scientific Committee Chairperson gave the felicitation.

The inaugural and first technical session was by Dr. Anjana Mohan. She spoke on 'Diet and Diabetes: Unravelling the link-The ICMR-Indian Study'. Dr. Arun Shankar, Senior consultant Diabetologist and Medical Director, JDC chaired the session.

This was followed by the nutrition symposium. The symposium had three sessions. The first session 'Role of Meal Replacers in Weight loss' was given by Ms. Shilpa Joshi. Ms.Sheryl Salis spoke on 'childhood diabesity and the impact of HFSS Foods', the second session. Dr. Dharini Krishnan lectured on ‘weight loss: only goal or much more for obesity?’. The sessions of the symposium were moderated by Ms. Sunitha Jothydev, Executive Director, JDC, Dr. Elizabeth K.E, UNICEF Consultant Kerala State and Dr. Asha Ashik, Clinical Head, JDC Kochi respectively.
Next was a panel discussion titled ‘Looking Good, Feeling Good’ and moderated by Ms. Sheryl Salis. Ms. Shiny Surendran, Mr. Rajiv Ambat, Dr. Kavita Gupta, and Dr. Ranjani Harish were the panelists. Subsequently, Dr. Banshi Saboo spoke on ‘Science of Obesity: Understanding the underlying factors’ under the chair of Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev.
Following was the Experts session titled, 'Battling Weight Gain'. Dr. Arun S Menon, Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev, Dr. Johnny Kannampilly and Dr. Vidyut Sodha were the experts who spoke. Dr. Arun S. Menon spoke on ‘Role of the Microbiome in the genesis and management of obesity', under the chair of Dr. Madhu N. Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev lectured on ‘Peptide pill for Diabesity' and the chairperson of the talk was Dr.Jayalekshmi R. Kurup. Dr. Johnny Kannampilly under the chair of Dr. Sumesh Raj, spoke on 'Medical Management of Obesity- Current Indian Scenario’.
The last talk of the session ‘Management of Subcutaneous Obesity’ was given by Dr. Vidyut Sodha. Ms. Gopika Krishnan, Director of Academics and Research chaired the talk.
The last technical session of the event was a panel discussion, titled ‘Multiple faces of obesity- how to target?’. Dr. Radhakrishnan A.P was the moderator of the session.
Dr. Benny P.V, Dr. Syam D. Gopal, Ms. Geethu Sanal, Dr. Arun B. Nair, and Dr. Sumesh Raj were the panelists.
The event was concluded with a Vote of Thanks by Dr. Sumesh Raj, Organising Secretary of the event. Around 450 delegates, including doctors, dietitians and allied healthcare workers attended the virtual conference. The event was remarkable and worthwhile.

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