Oncology and Obesity: what’s the link? webinar recordings
Hosted by Obesity and Oncology Specialist Group
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The webinar will explore nutritional and psychological considerations in treating someone living with obesity and cancer.
Topics will include:
- Role of obesity and related behaviours in cancer prevention
- Managing people living with obesity and cancer
- Weight stigma and language used with people living with obesity
Learning Outcomes
- To be able to explain the additional considerations in cancer treatment for people living with obesity
- To be able to identify people first language in relation to obesity
- To be aware of weight stigma
Speakers
Dr Michelle Harvie, Research Dietitian, Prevent Breast Cancer Research Unit, Manchester University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust
Dr Michelle Harvie is a research dietitian at the Prevent Breast Cancer Unit, Manchester University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust has been a state registered dietitian since 1991 and a research dietitian since 2001. Her research involves developing weight control interventions for the prevention and management of cancer. Her work has pioneered intermittent low calorie (5:2) diets. This has primarily focused on the prevention and management of breast cancer including cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Dr Harvie has 75 peer review publications and has published 3 self-help guides for the public to follow intermittent diets; The 2-day diet (Ebury, Feb 2013); The 2-day diet cookbook (Ebury April 2013) and the quick and easy edition (Ebury, Feb 2014)
Michelle will cover
- Prevalence and impact of obesity in cancer management.
- Are there benefits of weight reduction?
- Potential management strategies
Dr Helen Croker, Assistant Director of Research and Policy, World Cancer Research Fund International
Helen is a Registered Dietitian and has a PhD in epidemiology and public health from UCL. She is currently working at World Cancer Research Fund International, where she is supporting the delivery of the Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) and the grant programme. She previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow at UCL at the Institute of Child Health and the Department of Behavioural Science and Health. Her work has focused on obesity and nutrition, through a behavioural science lens, as well as carrying out policy-related research. She has a broad range of experience, including developing and evaluating behavioural interventions; undertaking systematic literature reviews; dietary assessment; and carrying out quantitative, qualitative and experimental research.
Helen will cover
- Introduction to the Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global)
- Building an evidence base and developing recommendations
- WCRF’s current recommendations for cancer prevention
- Current work developing guidance for people LWBC where data quality is limited
- Resources for health professionals and the public
Dr Adrian Brown NIHR Advanced Fellow & Senior Research Fellow/Lecturer in Nutrition & Dietetics, Chair of the Obesity Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association University College London
Dr Adrian Brown is a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics in the Centre of Obesity Research at University College London. He is also a Senior Specialist Weight Management and Bariatric dietitian with over 17 years of clinical experience and a PhD in Medicine from Imperial College London.
His research interests centres around obesity, type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery, weight stigma and the use of formula-based diets in different patient populations. His recent research has focused on dietary methods for achieving type 2 diabetes remission, weight-related terminology used by healthcare professionals, weight stigma within dietetic practice and the impact of COVID-19 on people living with obesity, which he was PI of a series of national surveys over the pandemic. He also helped set up the dietetic services within a regional specialist weight management service (Tier-3) where he was the dietetic service lead. He also designed a series of innovative group sessions for patients within a Tier-3 service, with his evaluation of these groups being one of the few published papers evaluating Tier 3 services within the UK.
Dr Brown is Chair of the Specialist Obesity Group for the BDA, on the steering group of the Obesity Empowerment Network, the scientific council of the British Nutrition Foundation, the strategic Council of the APPG on Obesity and on board of Trustees for Academy of Nutrition Sciences. While also being to programme co-lead of the MSc Dietetics (Pre-registration) course at UCL.
Dr Brown will discuss what weight stigma is and the impact this has on psychological and mental health. In addition, they will discuss ways to discuss weight within a consultation, the impact of stigmatising language has on the patient-practitioner relationship and how healthcare professionals can adjust their approach and language to be less stigmatising and more inclusive. Finally they will discuss ways to reduce stigma within our practice.
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