Webinar: Dietary Fiber: A Key Lever For Metabesity
Wed, 20 May
|Zoom
A Clinical and Culinary Medicine Approach to Reversing Metabesity by Dr. Mechelle Acero Palma, MD
Time & Location
20 May 2026, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm SGT
Zoom
About the Event
The presentation redefines dietary fiber from a simple digestion aid to a precision metabolic therapy crucial for reversing metabesity—a high-risk cluster of metabolic dysfunctions including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that is driven in part by a modern "fiber gap". By strategically utilizing both soluble and fermentable fibers, patients can control weight, glucose, cholesterol and hypertension.
Dr Palma will also discuss her experience of bringing Culinary Medicine to medical school education and implementing Lifestyle Medicine to healthcare system at national level, as a pioneering Lifestyle Medicine leader in Asia.
Note: A recording of this talk will be available after the event exclusively for SGLM members.
CME/CPE credits: Pending SMC, SNDA review
About the Speaker
Dr. Mechelle Palma, MD Mechelle Palma, MD is a Certified Family Medicine Physician and a Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is the current President of the Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine, secretary of the Asian Lifestyle Medicine Council, President of Remnant Institute Inc., an adjunct professor at the Adventist University of the Philippines College of Medicine and College of Health, the Director of the Philippine Board of Lifestyle Medicine, and the founding director of Lifestyle Medicine Solutions.
She is the founder of Culinary Medicine Asia, launched in 2016, which is now utilized in many different educational platforms, including public health and medical education curriculum. She is a researcher, a book author, and curriculum developer in the field of lifestyle medicine. Dr. Palma believes that integrating lifestyle medicine education in the medical and interprofessional curriculum is the key to advancing lifestyle medicine and addressing the burden of chronic disease. Her passion is to provide education platforms and develop training programs for health care providers.
Registration
This webinar is open to healthcare professionals