Programme (Click on a link to download the slides)
9.15 - 10.00 |
Registration |
10.00 - 10.05 |
Welcome and introduction from the morning Chair |
10.05 - 10.25 |
Kay Barton, Deputy Director of Health Improvement Strategy Division, Scottish |
10.25 - 10.30 |
Questions |
10.30 - 10.50 |
Weight management, treatment and prevention Professor Iain Broom, Chair, Counterweight Board and Professor in Clinical Biochemistry, The Robert Gordon University; Professor in Metabolic Medicine, University of Aberdeen; Consultant, NHS Grampian |
10.50 - 10.55 |
Questions |
10.55 - 11.20 |
Refreshment break |
11.20 - 11.40 |
Life before Counterweight – What was happening in Scotland? Professor Mike Lean, Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow |
11.40 - 11.45 |
Questions |
11.45 - 12.10 |
Summary findings from the Counterweight baseline audit Professor Gary Frost, Head of the Research in Nutrition, Dietetics & Food, The University of Surrey |
12.10 - 12.15 |
Questions |
12.15 - 12.40 |
Primary care management of obesity – The Counterweight Project Hazel Ross, National Co-ordinator Counterweight Programme |
12.40 - 12.50 |
Questions and discussion from the morning session |
12.50 - 2.00 |
Lunch |
2.00 - 2.05 |
Opening comments from the afternoon Chair Dr Brian Williams, President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow |
2.05 - 2.25 |
Treatment types Maria McQuigg, Weight Management Adviser, The Counterweight Project Qualitative findings Marney Quinn, Weight Management Adviser, The Counterweight Project |
2.25 - 2.30 |
Questions |
2.30 - 2.55 |
Health economics Louise McCombie, Weight Management Adviser, The Counterweight Project |
2.55 - 3.00 |
Questions |
3.00 - 3.20 |
Fruit juice break |
3.20 - 3.50 |
Panel discussion and your opportunity to get all your burning questions answered Professor Mike Lean, Professor Iain Broom and Hazel Ross |
3.50 - 4.00 |
The way forward - Future developments and progress on Counterweight Hazel Ross |
4.00 - 4.10 |
Questions, and closing comments from the Chair |
4.10pm |
Close |