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Effective Solutions for Healthy Weight Loss

Saturday, Mar 7, 2026 at 9:15 AM to 5:30 PM GMT

Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford, England, OX1 1HP, United Kingdom

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Saturday, Mar 7, 2026 at 9:15 AM to 5:30 PM GMT

Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford, England, OX1 1HP, United Kingdom.

This event is Hybrid. You can choose to join it either in-person OR online only (via Zoom). Please choose the ticket option matching your preference. 

Regardless of what you choose EVERYTING IS RECORDED and you get access to ALL RECORDINGS.

BANT events are focused on equipping Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine practitioners with new science-based knowledge and insights on dedicated topics, together with the confidence to apply these within their clinical practice. All nutrition and lifestyle medicine practitioners are welcome.

Event Outline

This event will cover the latest diet, lifestyle and novel science-based insights and tools for the practitioner to support clients through healthy, sustainable weight loss, body fat reduction and retention of lean muscle. 

The topics will include most or all of:

  • GLP-1, GIP and Glucagon agonist medications i.e., Ozempic, WeGovy, Mounjaro & Retratrutide - profiles, mechanisms of action, effects and risks
  • Wrap around care for clients using weight-loss medications, including collaboration with GPs and prescribers
  • Diet and lifestyle interventions to minimise muscle loss
  • Nutritional risks and mitigations whilst using a weight-loss medication or following a calorie restriction or fasting approach
  • Fasting interventions as a solution for sustainable fat reduction and weight loss
  • Diet and supplementation options for natural stimulation of GLP-1
  • GP perspective, how are they approaching assessment and prescription of weightloss medications including private practice and micro-dosing
  • Client stories, with case study examples illustrating outcomes and risks
  • The businsess opportunities for nutrition and lifestyle medicine professionals

Ticket Holder Benefits

  • 4 to 5 hours of BANT-Approved CPD (certificate available)
  • Extra 5+ hours of Bonus Live content from Event Partners
  • Event Goodie Bag for all in-person attendees
  • Special offers from our Event Partners
  • All content is recorded and shared for catch-up viewing post livestream, with matching slides and references
  • You are invited to a focused community Facebook group for knowledge and resource sharing pre and post-event

Info for attending in-person

The venue is 1 minute walk from the Oxford mainline rail station.

Travel & Accomodation Guide. Access our guide here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MAYrT7SdG8etV07Vu5y3qUhdIewKOfcu/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108612435717290423688&rtpof=true&sd=true

Parking. There is no direct on-site parking at Said Business School, and the nearly Park & Rides are the recommended parking

https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-09/getting-to-the-school-2018.pdf

Catering. We will have snacks, drinks and a full lunch. All food will be gluten-free and with vegan options

Goodie Bag. You get an event goodie bag, collectible on the day in person 

You *also* gain all access to all recordings and follow-up additional Bonus Live sessions, just the same as those attending virtually.

Info for attending virtually

You get access to ALL the content of the event - all the main day sessions, Bonus Lives, special offers and slide packs. The only thing you do not get is the in-person attendance and event goodie bag.

We are experienced at running hybrid events and dedicated to ensuring you have a great experience!

You will simply join via Zoom - with details sent to you in advance - on the day and have access to the Facebook Group dedicated to the event

Ticket Holder Terms

Please check the terms when you checkout a ticket, they include our no-questions refund so long as you give us notice:

In Person Tickets: 7 days prior to the event

Virtual Tickets: 2 days prior to the event

Note that we cannot switch ticket types between in person and virtual, we can only cancel and refund.

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About Organizer

BANT Organizer name

https://bant.org.uk

BANT Events Team

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Speakers

Kat Bright is a experienced Nutritional Therapist and Nutritionist with a focus on female hormone health and weight management.

She brings a compassionate, evidence-based approach to practice recognising that sustainable change happens when the advice is realistic, practical and personalised. She works with clients 1-1, with groups via an online weight loss program and with a private GP using GLP-1 medications. Her practical time-saving strategies and simple nourishing recipes make healthy eating achievable and enjoyable.

www.thehealthboost.co.uk
About Kat Bright
Nutritional Therapist
BANT, CNHC
No Sessions Available

Chartered Health Psychologist | Lifestyle Medicine Specialist | Behaviour Change & Health Equity Advocate | Educator | Researcher | Consultant

Visionary and values-driven, Dr Natascha Van Zyl brings over 28 years of expertise across academia, healthcare, medicine, and consultancy. A Chartered Health Psychologist and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, she is recognised for pioneering integrative, trauma-informed care pathways and driving curriculum innovation in health education.

Currently a Senior Teaching Fellow in Health Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, Natascha lectures and supervises research across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, shaping future practitioners through evidence-based behavioural science.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.drnataschavanzyl.com/
About Dr Natascha van Zyl
Chartered Health Psychologist
CPsychol, CNHC, BSLM, HCPC, SFHEA, FRSPH
No Sessions Available

Dr David Unwin is an award-winning GP known for pioneering the low-carb approach in the UK.

He is the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) national champion for collaborative care and support planning in obesity and diabetes. 

A GP in Southport near Liverpool, he has helped care for a practice of nearly 10,000 people since 1986. To date over 100 of his patients with Type 2 diabetes have achieved drug-free remission. This gives a remission rate of 50% at 30 months duration of those choosing a lower carb diet. One of the best results for any clinic in the world.

He has 30 published papers and has been featured on TV, radio, The Times, The Observer and the New Scientist Magazine.

About Dr. David Unwin
General Practitioner (GP)
Norwood Surgery
No Sessions Available

Dr Shamila Wanninayake, is an Oxfordshire GP.

Together with 20 years of clinical experience, she has a long held interest in obesity & weight management developed through her first degree in Psychology where she was involved in Obesity research at Leeds University.

She holds a Diploma in Obesity and Weight management and represents Primary Care on the Council’s Oxfordshire Multidisciplinary Working group for Healthy Weights in childhood.  She also sits on the National Child Measurement Programme Board (NCMP). 

She supports a whole systems approach to achieving healthy weights and lifestyle and strives to inspire all patients to make some changes that can have a wider impact on their wellbeing in an evidence-based way. 

She is also involved in National Health Policy & Governance as Council Member for the Royal College of General Practitioners and believes that the biggest difference needs to come from Policy change that truly enables people to make healthier choices and that this must embrace the wider impact of environmental and planetary health. 

She is also an RCGP Clinical Advisor and Representative and teaches on the undergraduate Oxford University Medicine Course.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamila-wanninayake-231177bb/
About Dr Shamila Wanninayake
General Practitioner (GP)
BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, PgDip, DRCOG, DFSRH, LOC (IUD)
No Sessions Available

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