Abbott Nutrition Education – Nutritional interventions to support muscle maintenance – 6th November 2024, 12:30 to 13:30.

With Professor Phillip Atherton.  This education session has been provided by Abbott Laboratories. 

Course Summary:

This session will cover review the role that skeletal muscle mass has for overall health, the detrimental effect muscle lost has in different patient groups and why maintaining/rebuilding muscle mass can improve outcomes in patients living with a long-term health condition. We will also discuss nutritional interventions which can support the patient in maintaining muscle and strength.

Suitable for: 

All healthcare professionals

Guest Speaker:

Professor Philip Atherton PHD- Director, Centre of Metabolism, Ageing and Physiology (COMAP) M<RC-Versus Arthritis Centre of Excellence. University of Nottingham.

Professor Phillip Atherton was awarded a PhD in 2005 about skeletal muscle molecular signalling networks. In 2012 he was promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and then to Professor in 2017. He has an active research interest in how to mitigate musculoskeletal declines in aging and disease(s). He is widely published and a senior editor for a number of physiological and nutritional journals.

It is expected that you will attend the session virtually from a quiet location at which you will not be disturbed, and you will have access to a microphone and camera on your device.  Every delegate must have their own device to use throughout this session.  This is a requirement for attending this interactive course.

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This is a live online teaching event; meeting details will be sent to delegates in the week prior to the course date.  

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