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Patient centered weight management: non-diet approach
Recommend dietary approaches for weight loss based on the aetiology of patients’ needs.
Investigate the rationale for the non-diet approach and apply the basic concepts in order to promote healthy eating and positive body image in patients.
Overview
What you will learn
- Recognise key clinical features and subtypes
- Develop practical treatment plans using topical, systemic and procedural options
- Identify triggers, patient factors and long-term management strategies
- Apply evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice
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Meet your presenter
Ms Christina Turner
Senior Teaching Fellow and Internships Lead, Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Program, Bond University
Christina Turner is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with almost 19 years’ experience working across a variety of settings including acute dietetics, community outpatients, public health and community development. More recently she has specialised in eating disorders and established SOL nutrition, a non-diet private practice in northern New South Wales, Australia.
Christina is currently a Senior Teaching Fellow and Internships Lead within the Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Program at Bond University. She teaches into the clinical and communication/counselling subjects including eating disorders, weight-inclusive practice and non-diet nutrition, cognitive-behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing topics.
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Accreditations
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
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