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Making the Move (Weight & Fitness Essentials)

As a fitness professional, you are in a unique position to transform the lives of people suffering with obesity.

• Open up new possibilities and expand your client base.
• Build relationships with local health services
• Increase business opportunities

Accredited by REP’s, CPD UK, ACE, REP’s South Africa

Obesity and Reproductive Health

• Explore the effects of obesity on male and female reproductive health
• Understand the impact of obesity on the ability to conceive
• Appreciate the effect of obesity on the following phases: pre-conception, pre-natal, peri-natal and post-natal
• Develop effective intervention strategies for mother and child
• Explore the in-utero origins of obesity

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Paediatric Obesity

Using the latest research and the work of thought leaders in the area, CCH have developed an innovative course that is essential for any health professional who works with children – “Paediatric Obesity”.

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‘This course has benefitted my practice’

A patient of mine weighing 210 kg was admitted having sustained a cervical fracture with an SCI. Post-surgery he was unable to maintain his oxygen saturations.

and it was assumed that this was related to his cord injury. I was able to identify that it was due to undiagnosed OSA and the position of his palate due to his obesity; as a result we changed our management and his saturations returned to normal.

Without my knowledge gained from the course we would not have changed our usual practice.

Dietary Sugars, Obesity & Metabolic Disease Risk, World Obesity Federation Event – Berlin, Germany

Consumption of dietary sugars has increased in the population and emerged as a major dietary component that has been linked with development of obesity and associated metabolic outcomes. The issues surrounding dietary sugars have become of global importance and have numerous implications for the development of suitable local, national and global policies that might prove successful in combating obesity. These issues include sugar/soda taxes, warning signs on foods/beverages that are high in sugars and global trade policies.

The science behind the links between dietary sugars and obesity/metabolic outcomes is rapidly developing and it would be of great benefit to the scientific community to be reviewed and brought together at one venue. There are also numerous evolving controversies and discrepancies in this field of study that this conference would aim to resolve by bringing world experts together into an atmosphere of collegial sharing and consensus building.

This World Obesity Federation event in Berlin, Germany, will feature an interactive poster session and will appeal to a broad inter-disciplinary mix of basic, clinical, epidemiological, and population based researchers working in the area of dietary sugars and obesity/metabolic diseases. This includes researchers, clinicians, health professionals, policy and public health scientists in addition to representatives from government, policy institutes and industry.

The Launch of British Journal of Obesity

Launching at the end of April 2015, the British Journal of Obesity is a quarterly, peer-reviewed publication for all healthcare professionals with an interest in the management of obesity. The British Journal of Obesity provides up-to-date discussion and content to assist healthcare professionals in providing a unified, multidisciplinary approach to this modern-day epidemic.

The journal aims to establish itself as the publication of choice for healthcare professionals managing this global health phenomenon. Val Bullen, Director of Education at CCH, and Victoria Feenie, Communications Executive at CCH, (both with Masters degrees in a health care area) are publishing a peer-reviewed article in the journal, titled “The human cost of failing to address obesity”. The article has an associated CPD element, giving readers the opportunity to gain CPD through CCH.

The journal is available free for healthcare professionals in the UK and Ireland.

Royal Society of Medicine New Members Reception

Attending events at the Royal Society of Medicine is always a highlight for the CCH team. A couple of the team members attended the new members reception recently, a great opportunity to meet new members of the RSM and hear about the events and talks that are planned for the forthcoming academic year. It was also a chance to become re acquainted with the RSM library which holds 3,500 e-journals and over 600,000 items in its collection, some of the fascinating items in their collection date back to the fifteenth century.

Obesity Summit 2015 London

In mid-April, CCH attended the Obesity Summit, at The 02 in London. This three day event brought together a wide range of health professionals including veterinarians and nurses to research scientists and bariatric physicians. The delegates attended from across the world, including Botswana, New Zealand, Denmark and the United States to discuss aspects of obesity development and treatment. The main discussions and presentations included prediction, prevention, diagnosis and management, gene-environment interactions, drug development, foetal programming, and lipidomics.

There were some interesting research presentations dealing with the mechanisms of the metabolic disturbances seen in obesity so as to develop new drugs that could be used in the treatment of those severely affected. However, an interesting presentation by Dr Onakpoya from Oxford University showed how people become desperate to lose weight and spend millions of pounds on dietary supplements for which there is little evidence of efficacy. As there is no “magic pill”, and some can be dangerous, he considers these supplements should be subject to the same regulatory approval as normal medications. A presentation by Dr Robert Pretlow from Seattle on the use of a smartphone App for treatment of obesity in adolescents was based on the addiction model is still controversial.

Apps will become increasingly important in monitoring individual health and is an area that CCH will continue to monitor closely for possible inclusion in its courses.

John Feenie & Syed Ali, Middle East Visit

Making their way across the globe to update their understanding of the ever growing issue of obesity in the region, CCH team members travelled to the Middle East, where they visited several hospitals facing this epidemic. With the fastest growing rate of obesity in the world, leading healthcare professionals in the Middle East are working to minimise obesity by attempting a multidisciplinary approach. The CCH team were shown around some of the most prominent hospitals of the Arab nations, such as the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Saudi Arabia, the Rashid Hospital in Dubai and the Al-Gharbia Hospital in Abu Dhabi.

Dealing with a tsunami of obese patients on a regular basis, healthcare specialists in the region understand that the Middle East must act quickly to tackle the problem. CCH’s Royal College of Nursing accredited Living and Working with Obesity short course gives nurses a greater understanding of tackling obesity in a multidisciplinary team.

Canadian Obesity Summit 2015

Canada’s top all-obesity scientific 5-day conference is took place last Tuesday 28 April in Toronto. This unique, interdisciplinary conference is designed to share current understanding of the causes, complications, treatments and prevention approaches for obesity. The Summit was a great opportunity to hear about cutting-edge research and to network with other obesity health professionals and researchers. There were dedicated tracts for health practitioners and inspiring workshops organised by groups working in the obesity space.

To find out more, go to this link.

Learning Technologies Conference 2015

CCH was present at the Learning Technologies 2015 show. It was an afternoon filled with inspiration for our Digital Learning Technologies team. Now time to apply these innovative ideas and latest technology into our courses and CCH-X platform!

Office move to LSBU

With an increasing demand for a larger office space, to reflect the growth and development of the company, CCH are delighted to announce our new office move. On Monday 5th January 2015, the company recolocated to Technopark, London South Bank University, which is located in the bustling Elephant and Castle area.

We are sure that the CCH team will thrive in the new enviroment!