Al Kindy college of Medicine/ University of Baghdad, Opened a new unit is unique of its kind in Iraq, a unit of research and treatment of obesity provides services research, treatment and education about the disease of obesity and located in the building of the Consulting clinic, where welcome you staff a medical specialist includes: –
1.Specialist in medicine
2.Specialist in surgery of the digestive system
3.A specialist in family medicine
4.Specialist in Pharmaceuticals medicine
5.A specialist in genetic engineering
6.Specialist in sports medicine
7.Laboratory staff
Objectives
A. Objective research
1. Studies of obesity and its complications
2.Cooperation with other research units in the same area
3. Focus on the work of research on the metabolic syndrome (metabolic syndrome)
B. Therapeutic goal
1. Open registration records and examination of patients
2. Provision of laboratory tests in different test( Hematology, pathological, hormonal, Biochemistry addition to the physiological test )
3. Contribute to providing integrated treatment (diet • physical care • Pharmaceutical • surgical • psychiatric care)
Unit activities
1 – Planning and delivery of scientific research and publishes the magazine
2 – The action profile of the unit
3 – making file for obese patients with the communications of Publishing and Printing / University of Baghdad
4 – the adoption of the draft unit of the national campaign for the prevention and treatment of obesity (The Primary overtures with the Centre for Training and Development / Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research)