Courses

Nutrition Interventions to Support Muscle Maintenance

Program Date: 13 December 2023

Publication Date: 10 December 2023

Course Description

In this course, Professor Philip Atherton will describe the role and importance of skeletal muscle for health; explain how muscle is lost in different patient groups; explain the detrimental consequences of muscle loss; review nutrition interventions to support patients in maintaining muscle; and more! Originally presented live on 14 June 2023.

Course Objectives
  • Describe the role and importance of skeletal muscle for health.
  • Explain how muscle is lost in different patient groups, the detrimental consequences of muscle loss and why maintaining/rebuilding muscle can improve outcomes for these patient groups.
  • Review nutrition interventions to support patients in maintaining muscle and strength (e.g., β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate (HMB), protein and vitamin D).

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Philip Atherton, PhD, BSc, AFHEA

Chair of Molecular Medicine
Centre of Metabolism, Ageing & Physiology (CoMAP)
Academic Unit of the IRIS School of Medicine
University of Nottingham
Royal Derby College
Derby, England, UK

Dr Philip J. Atherton is a Professor and Chair of Clinical, Metabolic, and Molecular Physiology at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. He received a 1st Class BSc degree and a higher PhD degree (in 2005) from the University of Central Lancashire, focusing on protein metabolism, myogenic signaling, and gene expression regulation in skeletal muscle. His current research involves an expansive combination of detailed pre- and clinical molecular physiology with the application of stable isotope methodologies and the integration of OMIC techniques to discover predictors of the mechanistic basis for, and how to mitigate, musculoskeletal declines in aging and various related diseases.

Prof. Atherton, with a H-index of 57 and ~15,000 citations, has published around 150 peer-reviewed articles and 6 invited book chapters. He is a senior editor for Experimental Physiology, Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism, and Nutrients, journals.

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Adult Inpatient Nutrition