Obesity is a chronic, inflammatory disease associated with many medical comorbidities. This advanced course presents latest recommendations for the assessment and management of overweight and obesity, using a holistic chronic disease management model.
Featuring commentary from GP Conjoint A/Prof Chee Khoo, Dietitian Ms Ashlee Brient, and Exercise Physiologist Kin-Mun Khoo, this activity highlights the need for a long-term, multidisciplinary approach to weight management where success is measured by health and quality of life goals rather than changes in BMI alone. Interactive case study activities will be used to explore how lifestyle measures and anti-obesity pharmacotherapies can be individualised to achieve weight management goals while preventing a loss of skeletal muscle mass and function (sarcopenic obesity).
The course culminates in a mini clinical audit where GPs are invited to review current weight management strategies in one overweight and one obese patient in their clinical practice.
Learning outcomes
Presenters
A/Prof Chee Khoo is a solo GP in Ingleburn since 1990. He has special interests in chronic disease and primary care education. He is the chair of the Education Working Group at the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit (DOMTRU).
He is a member of:
–RACGP’s Specific Interest Groups in Diabetes and Obesity Management
–Australian Diabetes Society (ADS)
–Australian Atherosclerosis Society (AAS)
–European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
–ANZ Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR)
He is also the Editor-in-Chief at GPVoice.com.au.
Ms Brient has been working as a private practice dietitian in Tasmania for 3 years, predominantly working in the management of T2D, cardiovascular disease, weight and GI disorders. She also works in aged care and NDIS settings.
Kin-Mun is an accredited exercise physiologist, with a Bachelor of Exercise Physiology from the University of New South Wales. He has special interests in chronic disease management, as well as athletic performance.
