Sponsored by: World Obesity Federation
Educational Objectives:
• To increase the confidence of practitioners to effectively approach the issue of obesity
• To gain knowledge about the appropriate setting and equipment needs for managing patients with obesity
• To introduce the concepts of motivational interviewing
• To increase knowledge and confidence in tackling ‘difficult’ areas within a patients psycho-social history
Session Agenda
| 10:00am | Introduction Walmir Coutinho, MD, DSc |
| 10:10am | The right approach - motivational interviewing/ communication/ aids Stephanie Sogg, PhD |
| 10:35am | Approaching the difficult areas - discussing childhood abuse, family disharmony, addictive behaviours, depression, suicidal ideation, disordered eating Jacqueline Doyle, ClinPsyD |
| 11:00am | Understanding how obesity modifies disease Nicholas Finer, MD |
| 11:25am | Q&A |
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