Programme Content

The programme will include modules such as:

• The essential principals of a balanced, healthy diet
• Deciphering the macronutrient maze
• How the Glycaemic Index (GI) helps you lose weight
• Detective skills in food product labelling and supermarket ranges
• How to eat out regularly AND still lose weight
• Recipe adaptation for quick, easy and healthier meals
• Investing in physical activity
• Fun with functional foods - tasting session
• Meal planning and healthier choices

Monthly Evening Sessions

Examples of topics include:

• Why insulin resistance in important
• Is my thyroid function normal?
• Anti-obesity medication - the old and the new
• Daytime sleepiness - obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity
• Behavioral and motivational approaches to obesity management
• The role of hormones in ovesity
• New peptides as an aid to weight loss
• Quick, simple adn appealing meals - the low fat way
• Cooking the low glycaemic way - the know how
• Low glycaemic, tasty breakfast options
• Snacking - do's and don'ts
• Bariatric sugery - gastric banding/ bypass and other techniques
• The plastic surgeon's role