The Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2024
Day One, Monday 9th September
This is our live, in person conference at the Fetal Medicine Research Institute in Denmark Hill, London. As well as enlightening talks and tasty food, there will be ample time to chat and network with colleagues and attendees.
Programme outline and speakers
Monday 9th September 9.15-18.00
Click on a session title in the programme to find out more.
| 9:15-9:50 | Registration and coffee | |
| 9:50-10:00 | Welcome by Dr Shireen Kassam | |
| 10:00-11:30 | Gut health |
Dr Alan Desmond – Food and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: can a plant-based diet help? Despina Marselou RD – Managing IBD using a lifestyle approach Dr Sunni Patel, PhD – Patient story Q&A |
| 11:30-12:00 | Break | |
| 12:00-13:20 | Mental Health and Well‑being |
Nivi Jaswal – Beyond Exhaustion: Unravelling the Metacrisis of Burnout Dr Gemma Newman – Shifting to a positive mindset Q&A |
| 13:20-14:20 | Healthy plant-based lunch | |
| 14:20-15:50 | Weight Management |
Dr Surabhika Lunawat – Plant-based diets for weight loss – fad or fab? Soraya Pineda RD – Practical tips on how to implement a PBD for weight loss Dr Saima Ajaz – Transforming Liver Health: The Power of Lifestyle Medicine Q&A |
| 15:50-16:20 | Break | |
| 16:20-17:50 | Behaviour change |
Dr Karen Maher – Designing evidence-based behaviour change interventions Giuseppe Federici – My Family’s Plant-Based Transition and On-line Influence Andy Ramage – practical ways to reduce or give up alcohol Q&A |
| 17:50-18:00 | Summary and close | |
Ticket prices
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Please join us if you are keen to learn more about the emerging practice of lifestyle medicine. These one-day conferences are for you if you are a:
Medical practitioner
Both days are CPD accredited, with certificates issued after each day.
IBLM candidates must attend both days – the cost is included as part of your registration fee. All other delegates can choose to attend one or both events.
Welcome and introduction to our new focus on Lifestyle Medicine
The conference will open with a brief introduction to our venture into lifestyle medicine, setting the stage for our first ever Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine conference
Gut health – a focus on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
A doctor, a dietitian and a patient – This session will begin with a Gastroenterologist’s deep dive into the evidence of how and why food choice affects patient outcomes when managing IBD. We will then turn to how we can use this lifestyle approach in practice, with advice from an expert dietitian, and from the ultimate expert – the patient.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Following these insights, we will delve into strategies for cultivating a positive mindset. We will provide science-backed advice on practices such as mindfulness and journaling, demonstrating how these can contribute to better mental health and reduced burnout.
Weight management
With the myriad of diets claiming to be the best for weight loss, first we will explore the evidence supporting plant-based eating patterns for managing weight. What does the science say? Recognising the challenges of translating theory into practice, an expert dietitian will then share practical strategies for implementing these dietary changes. Finally, we will discuss liver health and how lifestyle medicine serves as a primary pathway to overall wellness.
Behaviour change
Supporting people to make positive changes to their dietary and lifestyle habits is crucial when putting knowledge into practice and truly effecting a change in the trajectory of people’s health.
In this session, an expert psychologist will share her knowledge on designing behaviour change interventions for patients or clients. A plant-based cook and author will then discuss how his whole family went ‘whole food plant-based’ to support his father with a prostate cancer diagnosis. This session will then conclude with a world-leading alcohol performance coach discussing practical ways to reduce or give up alcohol for the ‘middle-lane drinker’.