Presenter(s): Marie-Claude Touchette, DHSc, MHS, OTR/L, ACUE; Yeabeen Cha, OTS; Erica Spieler, OTS; Katherine Wegrecki, OTS; Kayla Wells, OTS

Content Areas: Specialties - including: Administration & Management, Assistive Technology, Other; Physical Disabilities - including: Neurorehabilitation, Orthopedic

Target Audience: Student, Entry-level, Intermediate-level, Advanced-level

Course Description: Obesity is a chronic disease affecting 41.9% of individuals in the United States, significantly impacting life participation at multiple levels. This presentation aims to discuss the effects of obesity on occupational performance and quality of life, and to introduce a new questionnaire designed to objectively measure the impact of obesity on life participation.