Continuing professional development

David Lovell-Smith PhD, MBChB

Christchurch

New Zealand

General Practice Resources

Presentation to the Goodfellow Symposium, March 27 2021
Interview with Dr Garlick

Dr Simon Garlick has been a General Practitioner in Auckland for the last 20 years.  Here I talk with him on the distinction between appetite and hunger, on mis-coding of food related sensations, and on food addictions, along with other topics.

Indications for the programme

  • verweight

  • Pre-diabetes

  • Type 2 diabetes

  • Gastritis

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Ulcerative Colitis

  • Crohn's disease

  • Graves' disease

  • Other inflammatory conditions

Contraindicated in:

  • Anorexia nervosa

Caution in:

  • Severe depression

  • Chronic fatigue

Questions to ask your patients

Do you get hungry much?

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No: Do you ever feel hungry?

No: Why do you eat then?

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Yes: Are you hungry now?

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Yes: Where do you feel it?

No: If you were, where would you feel it?

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What does it feel like?

Or simply refer your patient:

You can refer patients to me using either SR Referrals or ERMS. Just search on my name (David Lovell-Smith) and refer in the usual way.