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A Real World Look at Weight Management: Trends and Recommendations
Date: Thursday, Nov. 15
Time: 2pm EST
Length: 60 minutes
Cost: FREE
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Description:
Hear Harry G. Pruess, MD, MACN, CNS, noted co-author of "The Natural Fat-Loss Pharmacy -- Drug-Free Remedies to Help You Safely Lose Weight, Shed Fat, Firm Up and Feel Great", speak in tomorrow's weight management Webinar.
Dr. Preuss will discuss scientific principles for weight loss, why weight loss needs a helping hand and the research behind ingredients used in weight loss supplements.
Presenter:
Harry G. Preuss, MD, MACN, CNS, is currently a tenured professor in three departments, physiology, medicine and pathology, at Georgetown Medical Center. He has two recently published books: one co-authored for the lay public entitled The Natural Fat Loss Pharmacy (Broadway Books) and a second co-edited for the academic community entitled Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention (CRC Press). His previous government appointments included four years on the Advisory Council for the National Institute on Aging, two years on the advisory council of the director of the NIH, and two years on the advisory council for the Office of Alternative Medicine of the NIH.
He is a former chairman of two American College of Nutrition (ACN) councils, the Cardiovascular and Aging Council and the Council on Dietary Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. Dr. Preuss wrote the nutrition section for the Encyclopedia Americana and is past president of the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists (CBNS) that gives the CNS certification. He is the recipient of the William B. Peck, James Lind, and Bieber Awards for his research and activities in the medical and nutrition field. His current research centers on the use of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals to favorably influence or even prevent a variety of medical perturbations, especially those related to obesity, insulin resistance and cardiovascular disorders. Lately, he has also researched the ability of many oils and fats to overcome various infections, including those resistant to antibiotics. Recently, he won through a vote of his peers the coveted Charles E. Ragus Award of the ACN for publishing the best research paper in their journal for the year 2006.
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