Overview

The management of overweight and obesity is a complex science and more education is needed to better empower our patients. There are six key strategies we should be incorporating into our patient management to help them succeed on their long-term weight-loss journey.

How often have you heard someone say: ‘It’s easy – you need to eat less and move more!’?. This advice dates back as far as Hippocrates in the fourth century BC, and not much has changed since. Diets are based on this very foundation, and despite their different approaches, they are all essentially the same. They set a caloric restriction and develop a set of arbitrary rules to create a fear of certain foods, to ensure you consume less.

Despite the hype associated with diets, fewer than 5% succeed on their weight loss journey long-term and many people end up in a worse off position, not only psychically (from the weight regain) but also psychologically, from the negative relationship they develop with food and the distorted perception of a healthy body image they develop through dieting.

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

Duration of access

Access to the recording and presenter slides is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

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Activity details  

• On-demand webinar recording

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

• identify at a high level why the management of obesity is a complex science, and

• apply strategies for long-term weight management.

Presenter(s)

Dr Nick Fuller

About the presenter(s)

Dr Nick Fuller is a globally recognised obesity expert from the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has degrees in exercise physiology, nutrition and dietetics, and a doctorate in obesity and weight management. His current position as research program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental disorders. He has a proven track record of commercialising research in this field to improve not only the health of Australians but the rest of the globe and continues to receive significant funding and awards for his work. He is a recognised media expert across various mediums, including his role as resident obesity expert on Channel 9’s Today Show, is the author of three best-selling books on the Interval Weight Loss program with Penguin publishing, and has published in top ranked journals in the medical field. Nick's work has resulted in policy change in the field of obesity and metabolic disease.