Obesity

Tahir Mahmood, CBE, MD, FRCPI, FFRSH, MBA, FACOG, FRCPE, FEBCOG, FRCOGConsultant Gynecologist and Clinical Director Women , Children and Clinical Services Directorate , Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UKPast Vice-President Standards, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2007-2010); President, European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG, 2014-2017); Past President of Edinburgh Obstetrical Society ( 2012-2014); Past President of the Northern Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Scotland ( 1999-2011), National Lead for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Audit in England and Wales (2010-2015), FIGO Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy Working Group ( 2014-2016); and is currently International UNFPA Consultant for EECA Region, Chair of EBCOG Standards of Care and Position Statements Group, and Life Trustee Lindsay Stewart R&D Foundation of the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists. In the recent past, he has held honorary senior Clinical Lectureships at the Universities of Edinburgh, Dundee and St. Andrews in Scotland. He has edited 10 manuscripts and has published more than 200 research papers and chapters.He was appointed as Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s honours list (2012) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the 2nd Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, PhD, DSc, FRCOG, FRCS, FACOG, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) of St. George’s University, London; Foundation Professor of O&G, University of Nicosia, Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London; Past President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007-2010); President: International Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (FIGO) 2012-2015; Head, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St George’s University Hospital, London, UK (1997-2013). National award recipient of Knight Bachelor in the UK and Sri Lanka Ranjana in Sri Lanka for services to Medicine.

• 1. Foreword2. Worldwide epidemic of obesity 3. Social and ethnic determinants of obesity 4. The molecular and endocrine basis of obesity 5. The psychological basis of obesity 6. Long term health consequence of adolescent obesity 7. Obesity and contraception 8. Obesity and sexual health 9. Obesity, PCO and infertility 10. Obesity and recurrent miscarriages 11. Obesity and assisted reproduction 12. Obesity and male sexual dysfunction 13. Sperm quality and Assisted reproduction 14. Role of Bariatric surgery in Male Obesity to enhance fertility 15. Maternal Obesity and Developmental Programming 16. Fetal health assessment in obese women 17. Obesity and prolonged pregnancy 18. Obesity and deep venous thrombosis 19. The genesis of pre-eclampsia in super obese women 20. Obesity, insulin resistance and placental dysfunction – fetal growth 21. Screening for Gestational Diabetes 22. Obesity and metabolic disorders during Pregnancy and pregnancy outcome23. Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome of Pregnancy and Role of Metformin 24. Metabolic Syndrome of Obesity and Management of Gestational Obesity 25. Induction of labour in obese women 26. Challenges of intrapartum care in obese women 27. Role of midwife during pregnancy, labour and post partum 28. Anaesthetic issues during labour 29. Maternal obesity and the risk of stillbirth 30. Obesity, Diabetes, placental pathology and foetal malformations 31. Postnatal care for the recently delivered obese women 32. Anti-obesity drugs for obese women planning pregnancy 33. Anti-obesity surgery for obese women planning pregnancy 34. Evidence based approach to manage obese pregnant women 35. Multimodal approach to reducing obesity-related maternal morbidity and mortality 36. Developing standards of care for obese women during pregnancy 37. Maternal obesity – the road to diabetes and cardiovascular risk 38. Obesity and female malignancies 39. Obesity and menstrual functions 40. HRT prescribing for obese women  41. Incontinence and prolapse in the obese woman42. Laparoscopic surgery in obese women  43. Quality of life among obese patients 44. Understanding eating behaviour and lifestyle issues on women’s health 45. Planning for the future: delivering Maternity Services in 2035 46. Providing infertility services for obese women 47. Summary of recommendations