The Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2024

Virtual conference

Saturday 9th November

Programme outline and speakers

Saturday 9th November 09.50-17.40

Click on a session title in the programme to find out more.

9.50-10.00	Welcome
10.00-11.30	Healthy Ageing	Dr Nitu Bajekal – Managing Menopause with Lifestyle Dr Robert Kelly – Lifestyle Medicine in Cardiology Practice Jane Thurnell-Read – Practical Lifestyle Tips for Healthy Ageing Q&A
11.30-11.45	Break
11.45-13.00	Lifestyle medicine in practice	Dr Linda Mizun – Hero of Health Dr Matt Hawker – Complete Health Improvement Programme (CHIP) Dr Camille Hirons – Is Lifestyle Medicine the Future of the NHS? A Sustainable Solution to Tackling Health Inequalities Q&A
13.00-14.00	Lunch break
14.00-15.15	Keynote speaker	Dr Michael Greger – How Not to Age
15.15-15.30	Break
15.30-17.30	Physical activity in mid‑life and beyond	Dr Rebecca Robinson – Cancer and Exercise Kate Strong – The Motivation of Exercise: Why the ‘why’ is more important than the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ Anita Bean RD – Nutrition for Older Athletes and Active Individuals Dr Matthew Nagra – Bone Health and Physical Activity Q&A
17.30-17.40	Summary and close

Ticket prices

Early bird:

PBHP members – £10.00

Non-members – £15.00

Full price:

PBHP members – £20.00

Non-members – £25.00

Again, all IBLM candidates will be sent a code to redeem their conference ticket.

Ticket sales are now closed

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:

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Medical practitioner

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Allied health professional

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Individual looking to learn more for personal use

Our conferences are CPD accredited and certificates will be issued after each event.

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.

Day two Speakers

Info pack for speahers

Healthy Ageing

Adding life to your years is just as important (or more) than adding years to your life. This session will give us food for thought, with 3 experts covering different aspects of how we can take control of our health as we age. This will include an expert gynaecologist discussing how to manage menopause with lifestyle, and a cardiologist who uses Lifestyle Medicine within his cardiology practice. The session will conclude with practical lifestyle tips from an inspiring living example of how to age healthfully.

Lifestyle medicine in practice

Positive lifestyle changes help us to achieve optimal health. This session will showcase pioneering lifestyle medicine programmes from around the UK. Speakers will share their successes and challenges, inspiring you to incorporate lifestyle medicine into your clinical practices, and the principles into your own lives.

Keynote Speaker

How Not To Age

Our keynote speaker, Dr Michael Greger, is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and an internationally recognised speaker on nutrition. His non-profit NutritionFacts.org is a fantastic resource with over 2000 videos and articles on myriad health topics. Dr Greger is author of 4 New York Times best sellers, the latest of which, How Not to Age, will be the topic of his keynote speech. Dr Greger will give us a whistlestop tour of the evidence-based findings in this latest book, encouraging us to embrace a healthier lifestyle, and enhance our possibility of a longer, healthier life.

Physical activity in midlife and beyond

We are delighted to host our first ever session focusing on physical activity, particularly on its benefits in midlife and beyond. This session will address integrating exercise prescription into medical care, including for those undergoing treatment for cancer. An inspiring leadership coach, who also happens to be a multiple-world record cyclist, a world-champion triathlete, and a true adventurer, will help us to consider our ‘why’ when it comes to exercise and movement. An expert dietitian will then guide us through fuelling ourselves as older active individuals, and this session will be completed with a discussion of the profound positive impact that physical activity can have on our bone health.