obesity&
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Programme

Controversies in the Prevention and Management of Obesity: responsibilities, roles and results

28th April 2008

Day 1
08.00	Registration and Coffee
09.00	Welcome
	Session 1 -:  Ethics, Goals and Performance – Chair:
09.10	Directions for National Action Dr Will Cavendish, Director of Health and Wellbeing, Department of Health
09.30	The Role of Regulation Jude Williams, Head of Public Health at the Healthcare Commission
10.00	Public Health Ethical Issues: Hugh Whittall, Nuffield Director, Council on Bioethics
10.30	Break
	Session 2 -:  The Circumstances of Obesity
11.00	Diet, Obesity and Genes, ‘Diogenes’: James Stubbs, Diogenes Project and Slimming World
11.30	Ethnic Cultures and Obesity: Managing and Preventing Obesity in South Asian Communities Shirine Boardman, Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Warwick Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Obesity and Metabolic Research, University of Warwick
12.00	Exploring the Obesogenic Environment Amelia Lake, NIHR Research Fellow, Newcastle University
12.30	Lunch, Exhibition and Information Exchange
	Session 3 -: Resources to Reduce and Manage Weight – Private – Public Collaborative Partnerships: Chair Kath Sharman TBC
13.30	Community Fit Club – a public Sector Toolkit Denise Hampson, Hampson Solutions
13.50	Evaluation of a Weight Management Partnership Jenny Poulter, Nutrition Works!
14.10	Body Morph: a strategy to tackle obesity Clare Hencken, Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth
	Seminars Session 1 – Resources to Reduce and Manage Weight
14.30 - 15.30	"Dancing not wrestling"-the role of Motivational Interviewing in managing obesity Judith Carpenter, freelance MI Trainer and registered Dietician		Body Morph: a strategy to tackle obesity Clare Hencken, Sport and Exercise Science University of Portsmouth
15.30	Break
15.45 - 16.45	ProHealthCHIP a community-based weight management  programme Sandy Evans GP Dietician	SHINE on the Move: a psycho-social intervention. Does it work? Kath Sharman, SHINE
	Session 4 – Proffered Papers
16.50	O1 District Hospital Led Specialist Obesity Service C. Rajeswaran, Consultant Physician, Dewsbury Hospital
17.10	Global On-line Obesity Programmes O2 A Selection of Educational Games to be Incorporated into the Carnegie Weight Group Obesity Programme Fleur Howle, Gaming Shakespeare, London And O3 Ruckus Nation Fred Dillon, HopeLab California
17.30	How do we change behaviour? Financial incentives to get people healthy. Shaun Mattison, Chief Executive, Pru Health
	RECEPTION and Poster Viewing

 

29th April 2008

Day 2
08.45	Solutions to Obesity: Empowering Patient Self Care Garreth Ford, Counsellor and Freelance Trainer, Weight Management Clinic, Hope Hospital, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust		Outreach Work – how do you reach people to educate? Kath Sharman, SHINE
09.45	BREAK
10.15	Exercise and Health  – what can it offer. British Association of Sports and Exercise Science		Initiative for client with learning disabilities  - The WOW Club Jeff Bartley, Physiotherapist and Active Living Co-ordinator North Lancashire PCT
	Session 5 – Proffered Papers
11.20	O4 Fit Friendz: an evaluation of a family based childhood obesity intervention Orla Flannery, University of Salford.
	O5 Developing an NHS Childhood Obesity Service Using Qualitative Methods: what works Lisa Newson, Knowsley PCT.
11.50	Mini-Mend: a focus on 2 to 4 year olds, Carol Morgan MEND, London
	Guest Speaker
12.20	Obesity: the tip of the iceberg Prue Leith, Chair of the School Foods Trust
12.50	Lunch
	Session 6 – Individual and Supporter Led Approaches -
13.45	Mini-Mend - Carol Morgan – MEND,  London		‘Practical Lifestyle Options for Weight Management in Primary Care’ Sandy Evans, GP Dietician or Childhood obesity: Causes, Consequences and Challenges. (Volunteered)
	Session 7 - Proffered Papers
14.50	O6   Impact of a Structured Group Nutrition Education Programme on Weight Loss in Young Obese Soldiers Geoffrey Gui, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
15.05	O7 Behavioural Therapy for Obesity Treatment considering Approved Drug Therapy B Krossman et al, Sauerlech, Germany
	Guest Speaker
15.20	Up & Coming Therapies: Novel Treatments for Diabetes, Obesity and Weight Management Omar Ali, Formulary Development Pharmacist, Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust
15.50	Close & Tea

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