Building lasting behaviour change alongside obesity management medications (GLP-1 RAs)

Event Owner: Health + Wellbeing Queensland

Event Description:
Obesity management medications work best with behaviour change support. Learn how to help your patients achieve better outcomes long term.
Hear from experts in research, clinical practice and lived experience on how to manage risks and support health behaviour change for people using obesity management medications. An interdisciplinary panel will share their insights, with time for questions. This webinar is open to health professionals supporting adults using obesity management medications, including medical, nursing and allied health professionals.

Through expert presentations and a panel discussion, participants will gain insights into managing risks and facilitating health behaviour change to optimise individual’s health outcomes, including nutrition, physical activity, mental health and wellbeing. The webinar will also explore current and future implications for health systems and population health.

Presenters:

• Dr Terri-Lynne South, General Practitioner
• Dr Ben Kirk, Senior Research Fellow - Exercise Physiology
• Glenn Mackintosh, Psychologist
• Robin Hay, Senior Accredited Practicing
• Dietitian Lived experience representative

The session will cover:

The emergence and uptake of obesity management medications
Managing risks and providing support through health behaviour change, including:
Nutrition
Physical activity; and
Mental health and wellbeing
Implications for health systems and population health.

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