The Department of Biochemistry of Dr. V.S. Krishna Government Degree and P.G. College (Autonomous) will be organising a two-day national-level workshop on obesity related disorders.
The workshop titled as ‘Obesity – A lifestyle challenge’, will be held on the college premises from February 3.
The objective of this workshop is to make people understand the issue and to encourage them to implement the best practices for a healthy life, said convener of the workshop Dr. Y.V.K. Durga Prasad.
The workshop will have five technical sessions each day, and various topics such as environmental stress in causing obesity, role of weight loss surgery and mitigation of obesity with yoga practices, will be dealt with.
The keynote address will be delivered by M. Raghunath, Senior Scientist and HoD Endocrinology and Metabolism Division, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
For more details call: Dr. Ch. Lalitha, organising secretary at 7032723468 or email: bcws2014dvsk@gmail.com
