Obesity and the lung

Symposium
Chairs: E. Clini (Modena, Italy), J. Williams (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Aims: The aims of this symposium are to describe:
- the impact of increasing obesity on the respiratory system;
- the nutritional management of the obese patient with respiratory disease;
- interventions that may support weight reduction in the obese patient.

When obesity and COPD collide: physiological and clinical consequences D. O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada)
Nutritional management of the obese patient with chronic respiratory disease A. Schols (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Respiratory management & outcome of superobese patients with chronic respiratory failure N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)