Managing Weight: Free Teleconference
Posted 8/6/2010
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There is a lot of conversation about the importance and the difficulty of weight management after breast cancer. Most women gain 5-10 pounds during adjuvant treatment (likely due to a combination of sometimes being catapulted into menopause, slower metabolism, munching to manage nausea, less exercise) and we all know that pounds are harder and harder to lose as we get older. There is much evidence that excess pounds may increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence. That is enough to get me to the gym in the morning and to (usually) pass on the ice cream (although the world's very best ice cream is available at Kimball's in Carlisle, not too far from me, and I can't get through a summer without the occasional Moose Tracks cone).
LIving Beyond Breast Cancer (www.lbbc.org) is offering a free teleconference about weight management after breast cancer. Here is information re how to register. If you are interested in reading more, their site has a link to a transcript from a similar program.
Managing Weight After Breast Cancer
Register now for our August teleconference, Managing Weight After Breast Cancer, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Tuesday, August 17. Learn more.
Kathryn A. Allen, MA, RD, CSO, director of nutrition therapy at Moffitt Cancer Center, will help you understand:
Why breast cancer treatment can prompt changes in weight and bone density
Dietary and fitness recommendations, whether you are in treatment or you finished initial therapy
Practical strategies for incorporating healthful eating and fitness into your daily routine
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