Exercise as Medicine: Prescribing and Packaging for Diabetes Treatment, Remission, and Prevention
Exercise as Medicine: Prescribing and Packaging for Diabetes Treatment, Remission, and Prevention
Speaker: Dr Kaberi Dasgupta MD, CM, MSc (Epidemiology)
Professor of Medicine and º«¹úÂãÎè Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM)- º«¹úÂãÎè
Physician- º«¹úÂãÎè Health Centre (MUHC)
Senior Scientist- Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the MUHC
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At the end of the presentation, the audience will:
1) Counting steps: To understand step metrics, their links with clinical outcomes, the impact of step count prescription in type 2 diabetes and hypertension, and the promise of step count tracking with weekly targets in gestational diabetes
2) Going to the gym: To appreciate potential impacts of supervised exercise and potential synergies with low calorie diets to achieve type 2 diabetes remission
3) Keeping muscle: To consider the persistent importance of exercise as medicine in an incretin era of GIP and GLP agonistsÌý
Room:ÌýD05.2220 (max 13 Capacity In-Person)
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