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Michael Moss: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk FoodMichael Moss, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, will join us to describe how food companies have exploited the biochemistry of our brains and reward pathways to get us hooked on processed foods.
Dr. David Unwin: Being Effective: A Psychological Toolbox for Brief Consultations in Primary Care Describe techniques that can be adopted to inspire hope and change in patients with chronic disease
Identify the “golden opportunities” when patients might be more likely to commit to healthier behaviours
Contemplate how your practice might be more fulfilling if the advice you dispensed were acted on more often
Dr. David Unwin: Individualising Diet: Dietary Choices Depend on Hope and Better Explanations of Physiology Describe why a patient who understands the physiology of their chronic disease might be more likely to implement strategies to improve it
Review some available tools and what makes them effective
Consider how these tools or others might be introduced into your practice
Dr. David Cavan: Low Carb in Practice Describe the evidence for benefit of carbohydrate restriction in Type 2 Diabetes
Describe the initiation and follow up of patients using a low carbohydrate dietary approach
Demonstrate an understanding of the physiological changes and the rationale for medication deprescribing
Differentiate predictable side effects from those requiring medical attention
Dr. Brendan Byrne: A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Type 2 Diabetes Remission: The 4+2 Model Describe the 4 + 2 model employed at Wellness Garage
Identify how Wellness Garage effectively delivers lifestyle change via a lifestyle medicine lens
Propose how busy physicians might make this a part of their practice
Dr. Trace MacKay and Syma Habib: Essential Ingredients for Community-Based Food Education Programs Describe the role of Community Food Centres as inclusive spaces that build community through quality, nutritious, culturally appropriate food access, food skills and education programs, and community action/advocacy programs
Illustrate how programs Like FoodFit empower participants to adopt and maintain healthier eating patterns to better manage their chronic health conditions
Describe how nutritional education programs that are delivered through the lens of social inequities, discrimination, and oppression can improve health outcomes in marginalized communities
Cite common barriers to success and how these can be alleviated in order to successfully implement and scale-up FoodFit style programs in more communities.
Dr. Danielle Belardo: Nutrition and Disease: Why Over Promising and Under Delivering Can Harm Our Patients Describe the current landscape with regards to nutrition information available via social media platforms
Illustrate the power of social media to disseminate accurate information, refute misinformation, and encourage people to adopt healthier eating patterns
Reflect on how the polarization that is amplified by social media can lead to harm to patients
Dr. Laura Saslow: Digital Health Coaching Applications for Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes Describe the components of nutrition-focused programs delivered via digital platforms for people with Type 2 Diabetes and prediabetes
Describe what these programs have in common, where they differ, and the evidence to support their approaches
Review the evidence for the efficacy of the programs currently available
Describe how technology may “disrupt” how chronic diseases are currently managed in the developed and developing world
Dr. Miriam Berchuk and Chris Xi: A Patient’s Experience of Attaining and Maintaining Type 2 Diabetes Remission