Intermittent fasting
An update from the dietitian who created the 5-2 diet
Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 7pm to 8pm AEST
The presentation will cover:
Definitions and different types of intermittent diets
Rationale for intermittent fasting/energy restriction and animal studies
Metabolic effect of intermittent energy restriction (IER) vs. continuous energy restriction (CER)
Can IER be effective for weight loss?
Watching this presentation and completing the assessment can contribute towards assessable Continuing Professional Development hours
About the presenter
Dr Michelle Harvie is a research dietitian from the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester. She qualified as a dietitian in 1991. Her current research covers optimum diet and exercise strategies to prevent breast cancer and its recurrence. She has written [?] more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and was awarded the British Dietetic Association Rose Simmonds Award 2005 for her paper on weight gain among breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. She received the National Association for the Study of Obesity National Best Practice Award in 2010 for her work on intermittent energy restricted diets. She is principal investigator for the B-AHEAD-2 trial and B-AHEAD 3 trials testing intermittent diets among early and advanced breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Dr Harvie has published three self-help guides to the intermittent diet: The 2 Day Diet (Ebury, Feb 2013); The 2 Day Diet Cookbook (Ebury, April 2013) and The 2 Day Diet: The Quick And Easy Edition (Ebury, Feb 2014). All author proceeds go to the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention charity. preventbreastcancer.org.uk
Registration includes
Access to the live webinar or a recording of the webinar
Presentation notes
Multiple choice questions and answers
Suggested further reading
Registration types
Live webinar: $50 to watch the webinar live
Recording: $38 to receive a recording of the webinar and associated documents
Subscription: $33 monthly to receive all Education in Nutrition recordings (minimum 30 a year) and have free access to all our live webinars
Our recordings are intended for individual viewing. However, we are happy for them to be shared with groups of up to six people. If your viewing group is larger than this, please use a multi subscriber user form.