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Heart Foundation: Weighing in: Unpacking new evidence in managing obesity and CVD

Join Heart Foundation Chair, Professor Garry Jennings, alongside an expert panel featuring international expert Prof. Liesbeth Van Rossum and Australian specialists, for a clinical webinar exploring the profound relationship between obesity and CVD.
This webinar will offer practical insights and explore strategies to enhance CVD risk factor management in primary healthcare settings. ‘Weighing in’ will feature one hour of live didactic presentations, followed by an extended 30-minute audience Q&A with opportunities to pre-submit questions.
Take part in this interactive webinar to hear from our expert panel on topics such as:
– Defining obesity as a complex chronic disease, including epidemiology, and pharmacological management.
– Understanding the SELECT trial and other glucose lowering pharmacotherapies in obesity treatment and management.
– Exploring the role of bariatric surgery in reducing weight and improving CVD outcomes.
– Lifestyle and behaviour change interventions for obesity.
– Practical strategies for optimising obesity and CVD risk factor management within the primary care setting.
This activity is approved for 1.5 Educational Activity hours (CPD) #893903
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