Lectures and webinars

Dragana Olujić discusses dietary therapy for inflammatory bowel disease through dietary protocols, food choices and the microbiome. This is a shortened version of the lecture: part of the clinical case presentation has been omitted for privacy.

Lorena Bosnar Zelenika presents the Green Prescription project at Zagreb – Centar Health Centre: referral from family medicine to a supervised exercise programme. She describes the three-month pilot, participant monitoring, reported results and experiences, and development plans presented in 2024.

Barbara Gilić Škugor explains physical literacy through motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and everyday habits. She discusses its assessment and development in children and adults, with examples of encouraging lifelong physical activity.

Dijana Travica Samsa explains how cardiac rehabilitation can use an individualised physical activity prescription. She connects exercise frequency, intensity, time and type with the assessment of functional capacity, risk and ventilatory thresholds.

Igor Jukić discusses the content, dose and context of physical activity, and the relationship between load and recovery. The lecture connects everyday movement, strength, endurance and functional abilities with a personalised approach and collaboration between healthcare and kinesiology.

Mario Marendić presents research on lifestyle habits, perceived stress and psychological well-being among students in health and non-health disciplines in Split. He considers diet, physical activity, sitting and sleep, their associations, and opportunities to support students.

The lecture addresses family physicians’ mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and their workload. Tina Vilović presents questionnaire-based studies of family physicians in Croatia and discusses associations between resilience, lifestyle, stress, burnout and a self-reported history of mental health disorders.

Igor Čerenšek discusses stressors, stress responses, and habitual ways of coping. He organises the talk around three relationships: with oneself, with other people, and with the future.

This lecture considers children's and adolescents' mental health, historical data on difficulties, and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Željka Karin presents the role of school health services and YP-CORE screening, alongside results from Croatia and Split-Dalmatia County.

Charlotte Salter discusses conversations about weight, stigma and a long-term approach to obesity. She considers sustainable eating habits, the six pillars of lifestyle medicine, the Imperial Satiety Protocol as an example, and the roles of follow-up and medication in an individual management plan.

Darko Modun discusses non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment of obesity and how they can be combined. The lecture covers obesity definitions and measures, lifestyle habits, an individual case, medications, and research on maintaining weight loss with exercise and liraglutide.

Anamarija Jurčev Savičević discusses the relationship between COVID-19 and metabolic health. She addresses chronic noncommunicable diseases, risk conditions, pandemic-related lifestyle changes, disrupted continuity of care, prevention and health-system preparedness.

Viktor Peršić considers the organisation of care for chronic noncommunicable diseases through the experience of Thalassotherapia Opatija. He discusses cardiac rehabilitation, individually tailored physical activity, exercise assessment, patient motivation and multidisciplinary preventive centres.

The lecture presents the Osijek Weight Reduction Programme (POST), its organisation and the combination of education, diet, movement, sleep, stress management and support. It describes results in a selected participant group and distinguishes measured weight changes from additional experiences that were not systematically recorded.

Gordan Lauc explains glycans, glycosylation and their roles in protein function and inflammation. He presents research on glycan biomarkers for health monitoring and considers different responses to diet, weight change and physical activity in a personalised approach.

Anela Novak and Ivana Kraljević discuss deprescribing in type 2 diabetes as a supervised process of reducing or withdrawing treatment with patient follow-up. They consider adverse effects, remission, polypharmacy and medicalisation, alongside individual assessment of benefit and harm.

Marijana Geets-Kesić explains health literacy through accessing, understanding, appraising and applying health information. She presents the European health literacy questionnaire and its use in studies of different groups in Croatia.

Antonija Peroš introduces motivational interviewing through ambivalence, partnership, and respect for patient autonomy. She presents OARS skills — open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries — with examples of exploring reasons for change.