“The Path to Optimal Health: How to Eat and How to Move,” a free lecture open to the public, will be presented Wednesday, March 2, 6-7:15 p.m., at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, DuVal Auditorium (Room 2600), 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson. The 75-minute presentation will include time for questions and answers, and light refreshments will be provided.
Join Canyon Ranch Health Resort’s Param Dedhia, MD, as he discusses practical and reasonable approaches to weight management and maintenance, as well as determining healthy weight ranges and tools necessary to achieve and maintain optimal weight. Dr. Dedhia has been quoted as saying “You have to have joy. Joy without food is a diet and exercise without joy is a boot camp.”
Weight management is a crucial aspect of managing arthritis pain. In addition to an increased chance of developing osteoarthritis, being only 10 pounds overweight increases the force on the knee by 30 to 60 pounds with each step. Diet also can play a key role in arthritis as certain foods have been shown to fight inflammation, strengthen bones and boost the immune system.
Dr. Dedhia also will address the importance of lean body mass; facts, fads and fiction surrounding the weight loss industry; and the importance of maintaining a healthy weight and the subsequent health benefits with regard to joint disease and other chronic conditions. He will teach new approaches to healthy weight management, practical approaches to exercise and how to maintain a lifelong commitment to healthy living.
Dr. Dedhia is the Weight Loss Program leader and the director of Sleep Medicine at Canyon Ranch Health Resort. He previously served as assistant director at the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center and the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, where he fulfilled clinical, teaching, research and program development roles. Dr. Dedhia specializes in integrative medicine, joint health, diabetes, mind-body medicine, longevity, weight loss and executive health. He received his medical degree from Michigan State University and completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. Dr. Dedhia championed the re-launch of the Weight Loss Program in the Life Enhancement Center at Canyon Ranch Health Resort and strives to share his knowledge and unique perspective on living a healthy, joyful and active life.
Seating is limited and prior registration is requested. For more information or to register, please visit the UA Arthritis Center website, www.arthritis.arizona.edu, or call 520-626-5040 or email livinghealthy@arthritis.arizona.edu
If you have questions concerning access, wish to request a Sign Language interpreter or disability-related accommodations, please contact Tracy Shake, 520-626-5040, email: livinghealthy@arthritis.arizona.edu
Parking is available in the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson visitor/patient parking garage just south of the hospital’s main entrance; please bring your parking ticket to the lecture to be validated.
The lecture is part of the “Living Healthy with Arthritis” series of free monthly talks presented by the University of Arizona Arthritis Center at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and supported through the Susan and Saul Tobin Endowment for Research and Education in Rheumatology.
Upcoming lectures in the spring 2016 series, held in DuVal Auditorium, will be:
Wednesday, April 6, 6-7:15 p.m., “Building Better Joints … The Future of Cartilage Tissue Regeneration,” John Szivek, PhD, director, the Robert G. Volz, MD, Orthopaedic Research Laboratory; the William and Sylvia Rubin Chair of Orthopaedic Research; chair, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Wednesday, May 4, 6-7:15 p.m., “Today, Tomorrow and the Future of Osteoarthritis Treatment,” C. Kent Kwoh, MD, director, University of Arizona Arthritis Center; the Charles A. L. and Suzanne M. Stephens Endowed Chair in Rheumatology; chief, Division of Rheumatology, UA Department of Medicine; professor of medicine and medical imaging, UA College of Medicine – Tucson