At this public event, I describe how scientific research can now explain why most of the people I see with obesity, complain of feeling hungry and tired despite over-full energy stores. This research demonstrates that obesity isn't a matter of eating to much and doing too little, but is a complex brain and hormone disease driven by our environment. That we need to understand that exercise, whilst critical for health, is ineffective for weight loss and why we need to see food as more than just calories. You can read more about the evidence here. and watch the talk below 

This webinar explores the evidence for lifestyle interventions in obesity care. I describe how we need to move past simplistic and unhelpful "eat less, move more" and a calorie focused approach that features in so much "wrap-around" care. I explain how we can do better with a whole-person approach where we actually assess the drivers of obesity and take meaningful action to support people with these drivers.

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I chaired and delivered practical talks in this one day essential in 2025 and 2026 where we covered options beyond pills for mental health conditions, the role of physical activity in health, wellbeing for high performing professionals, lifestyle medicine for neurodivergence, nutrition and the gut microbiome, lifestyle medicine in deprived communities. 

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