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Contact: Jill
Holder
The
workshop, held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is
designed for nurses, nurse practitioners and other
health care providers, dietitians, and social workers,
but the public is invited to attend as well. The
workshop will count as six continuing education
hours for health care providers.
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LEXINGTON,
Ky. (March 3, 2004) -- Kentucky’s
First Lady Glenna
Fletcher will speak at a Motivation/Weight
Control workshop sponsored by the University
of Kentucky College of Nursing at 8:30 a.m.
Friday, March 5, at Spindletop Hall, 3414 Iron
Works Pike. Fletcher will address problems of
obesity in Kentucky from a health care standpoint.
The
workshop, held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is
designed for nurses, nurse practitioners and other
health care providers, dietitians, and social workers,
but the public is invited to attend as well. The
workshop will count as six continuing education
hours for health care providers.
“Kentucky
has a high rate of obesity and related problems
in all population age groups,” said Hazel
Chappell, A.R.N.P., M.S.N., assistant director
for nursing continuing education, UK College of
Nursing.
“We
want to challenge health care professionals to
intervene in lifestyles in an effort to reduce
obesity and related health problems,” Chappell
said.
This
seminar will demonstrate several methods of motivation
as well as ways to avoid “demotivation,” a
real stumbling block for obese patients.
Topics
include correct portions, the difference in eating
to live and living to eat, health initiatives and
literacy, discovering strategies for weight management
in primary care, motivation as a concept, and strategies
for prevention and treatment of obesity in children
and adolescents.
The
cost for the seminar is $45 per person and includes
lunch. To register, please call (859) 323-3851
or register
online.
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