The Counterweight Conference - Tackling Obesity Management in Primary Care

Friday 2 November 2007
Royal College of Physicians, London

 

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

Obesity a growing problem

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10.25 - 10.30
Questions
10.30 - 10.50
Weight management, treatment and prevention
Sudhesh Kumar, Professor of Medicine, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
10.50 - 10.55
Questions
10.55 - 11.20
Refreshment break
11.20 - 11.40
Life before Counterweight – What was happening in England?
Dr Nick Finer, Clinical Director, Wellcome Clinical Research Facility, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
11.40 - 11.45
Questions
11.45 - 12.10
Summary findings from the Counterweight baseline audit
Dr John Reckless, Consultant Physician, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
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
2.05 - 2.25
Treatment types
Sarah Haynes, Weight Management Adviser, The Counterweight Project
Qualitative findings
Felicity Lyons, Weight Management Adviser, The Counterweight Project
2.25 - 2.30
Questions
2.30 - 2.55
Health economics
Mr Paul Trueman, Director, York Health Economics Consortium
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 Iain Broom, Dr Nick Finer, Professor Sudhesh Kumar, Hazel Ross and Dr John Reckless
3.50 - 4.00
The way forward - Future developments and progress on Counterweight
Dr David Haslam, General Practitioner and Clinical Director, National Obesity Forum
4.00 - 4.10
Questions, and closing comments from the Chair
4.10pm
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