Exploring Weight Loss Drugs
Schedule
Wed Oct 16 2024 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm
UTC+08:00Location
Chronic Care Australia | Perth, WA
Exercise physiologist, Katie Stewart, and pharmacist, Jason Chew, invite you to this exclusive event, Dare to Care: Exploring Weight Loss Drugs, featuring advice from Professor Rob Newton PhD, DSc, AEP, CSCS*D, FACSM, FESSA, FNSCA — Professor of Exercise Medicine and Deputy Director of Edith Cowan University’s Exercise Medicine Research Institute, that he established in 2004.WHEN: Wednesday, 16 October 2024, from 5.30pm to 6.30pm (please arrive and take your seat by 5.15pm in advance of the 5.30pm start).
WHERE: Chronic Care Australia, Ground Floor, Cottesloe Medical Centre, 525 Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe.
COST: FREE
(In the spirit of "Pay it Forward", we invite attendees to make a $10 tax deductible donation to CCA’s Community Programs. Donations can be made by clicking this link. )*
You will gain insight into:
✚ The pharmaceutical agents behind cutting-edge GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Semaglutide (aka Ozempic); and understand how they interact with the most powerful pharmaceutical resource in the human body – our muscles.
✚ The difference between GLP-1 & GLP-2 weight loss drugs, and how they can be best utilised.
✚ The crucial relationship between weight loss medications and muscle mass, and the importance of incorporating exercise into medical prescriptions.
✚ The need for self agency when it comes to obtaining knowledge about disease prevention and mitigating secondary injuries or illnesses.
✚ Understanding the significance of BMI and its relevance in metabolic health.
Join Katie and Jason as they Dare to Care and unlock the keys to sustainable weight loss together.
*Your contributions to CCA's Community Programs will help foster health equity and improve the lives of West Australians who are living with complex chronic conditions.
