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PCCS Unscripted · June 8 · 40 min

Lifestyle Medicine

Following their highly engaging sessions at the recent PCCS Spring Conference, Dr Hannah Wright and Dr Sundhya Raman join our podcast host, Dr Xenophon Kassianides, to discuss lifestyle medicine and obesity: Lifestyle medicine is an emotive topic: People living with obesity have often felt judged in a healthcare setting, how can we move away from the perception that obesity is a choice using the six pillars of lifestyle medicine? GLP-1’s: What nutritious foods support weight loss and how can exercise and resistance training support weight loss maintenance? Clinicians: How can GP’s work collaboratively with their patients to achieve actionable goals and frame weight loss in a positive light i.e. not a target weight only? If you are a UK practising healthcare professional and would like to learn more about cardiovascular disease (CVD), please take a look at our online CVD academy here: ⁠Become a Member | Primary Care Cardiovascular Society⁠ ________________ This podcast is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only. The information provided in this presentation is for educational purposes only. Prescribing or management decisions made by clinicians are exclusively their own responsibility. The speaker/PCCS bear no responsibility regarding management or prescribing decisions made by others, or otherwise.

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Following their highly engaging sessions at the recent PCCS Spring Conference, Dr Hannah Wright and Dr Sundhya Raman join our podcast host, Dr Xenophon Kassianides, to discuss lifestyle medicine and obesity:

  • Lifestyle medicine is an emotive topic: People living with obesity have often felt judged in a healthcare setting, how can we move away from the perception that obesity is a choice using the six pillars of lifestyle medicine?
  • GLP-1’s: What nutritious foods support weight loss and how can exercise and resistance training support weight loss maintenance?
  • Clinicians: How can GP’s work collaboratively with their patients to achieve actionable goals and frame weight loss in a positive light i.e. not a target weight only?


If you are a UK practising healthcare professional and would like to learn more about cardiovascular disease (CVD), please take a look at our online CVD academy here: ⁠Become a Member | Primary Care Cardiovascular Society⁠

________________


This podcast is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only. The information provided in this presentation is for educational purposes only. Prescribing or management decisions made by clinicians are exclusively their own responsibility. The speaker/PCCS bear no responsibility regarding management or prescribing decisions made by others, or otherwise.

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