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Training for Treatment: Combating Muscle Wasting in Cancer Care

Muscle wasting is a common condition seen in cancer, present in over half of individuals at time of diagnosis. Unfortunately, research has yet to determine how muscle wasting can be “cured” or reversed, but promising research is available to suggest multimodal strategies (specifically, nutrition and physical activity) may be key to preserving muscle mass during treatment. This webinar will take you through proposed nutrition and physical activity strategies to combat muscle wasting and “train for treatment”. Speaker: Hannah Manella, MS, RDN, CSO, LDN, ACSM-CEP, CET Hannah Manella is a Registered Dietitian and Clinical Exercise Physiologist in the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern Medicine. Hannah received a dual bachelor/master’s degree in Dietetics and Exercise Science from Iowa State University and completed her dietetic internship at UCSF Medical Center.