What you get by completing this session

  • 45 mins of CPD

    A 35 minute video lecture with presentation slides, you can stop and start anytime you like. 10 minute quiz is included.

  • Certificate of Completion

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What you'll learn in this expert session

Among overweight and obese patients, weight loss is often a major challenge. However, A/Prof Samantha Hocking, an Endocrinologist, explains that maintaining weight loss can be just as difficult, if not more so. In this presentation, A/Prof Hocking discusses why maintaining weight loss is so challenging and, more importantly, explores the evidence on the most effective strategies to sustain those hard-won victories.

About the Expert

A/Prof Samantha Hocking

A/Prof Samantha Hocking is an Endocrinologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a Clinical Academic at the University of Sydney. A/Prof Hocking's main research interest is precision medicine, exploring how personalised medicine can predict, prevent, and improve the management of metabolic disease, particularly diabetes. In addition, she is working with fellow researchers at The Boden Institute and the CPC-RPA Clinic on projects related to obesity, bariatric surgery, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and liver disease

Course curriculum

  • 1

    How to complete this course

    • Instructions
  • 2

    Weight Loss Maintenance

    • Summary

    • Video lecture (35 mins)

    • Quiz: test your learning (10 mins)
  • 3

    Document your CPD here

    • CPD Documentation and Reflection Activity Tool
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