Heartbeats Sponsored Public Talk on Heart Disease and Diet
Heartbeats Charitable Trust, a non-profit organization set up for support of heart event survivors, and public education on heart disease and heart health management, is sponsoring a public talk by Prof. Grant Schofield, PhD, AUT.
Professor Schofield manages research programmes at AUT in metabolic syndromes such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity etc and is passionate about nutrition in effectively managing these conditions for a longer, healthier life.
In particular, he will be talking about new evidence relating to heart disease and trends in heart health management.
WHERE: Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons St, Takapuna (behind the Takapuna Library)
WHEN: 5th August, Thursday
TIME: 10:15 - 11:15
ALL ARE WELCOME.
For more information contact:
Trent Lash, 0220 606 199
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