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Determinants of overweight and obesity and other cardiometabolic risks in adolescents: a Spanish longitudinal birth study - Pediatric Research Pediatric Research - Determinants of overweight and obesity and other cardiometabolic risks in adolescents: a Spanish longitudinal birth study

Determinants of overweight and obesity and other cardiometabolic risks in adolescents: a Spanish longitudinal birth study #obesity #adolescents

Urge to Eat, Emotions, and BMI

A thought-provoking new paper in Obesity Facts asks which emotions actually drive the urge to eat?

Read the full research article: DOI: doi.org/10.1159/0005...

TRANSFORM: Training Obesity Experts for Tomorrow, 15-17 March 2026, The Netherlands - EASO EASO is pleased to share an invitation with our community to participate in TRANSFORM: Training Experts for Tomorrow. TRANSFORM is an educational training programme designed for early/mid-career…

TRANSFORM: Training Experts for Tomorrow ➡️ 15–17 March 2026 The Netherlands 🇳🇱

🌟 TRANSFORM is an educational training programme designed for early/mid-career medical specialists with a focus on obesity.

ECN eLearning Hub Webinar: The Italian Obesity Law as a Model for Europe - EASO The EASO Early Career Network (ECN) eLearning Hub continues its 2026 series by exploring how research, advocacy, and stakeholder collaboration translated into landmark legislation – the Italian…

📢 The Italian Obesity Law as a Model for Europe. Join Prof Paolo Sbraccia 👉 24th March - 4pm UK / 5pm Paris

This webinar will explore how research, advocacy, and stakeholder collaboration translated into landmark legislation – the Italian Obesity Law.

Polygenic Prediction of Obesity Across the Life Course - EASO This webinar examined how polygenic prediction is advancing understanding of obesity risk across the life course. Professor Ruth Loos, Vice Executive Director and Group Leader at the Novo Nordisk Foundation...

📺From the ECN eLearning Hub - Polygenic Prediction of Obesity Across the Life Course.

This webinar, presented by Prof Ruth Loos, examines how polygenic prediction is advancing understanding of obesity risk across the life course.

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Today is #WorldObesityDay! Join us and support our multi-national, multi-stakeholder coalition working to change the #obesity landscape across policy, narrative and practice.

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#WODEurope #AddressingObesityTogether @ecpobesity.bsky.social

EASO Masterclass Tbilisi: Shaping the Future of Obesity Care - EASO EASO together with the Georgian Association for the Study of Obesity and the National Institute of Endocrinology is pleased to invite you to participate in this Joint Masterclass titled – Shaping the…

EASO, the Georgian Association for the Study of Obesity and the National Institute of Endocrinology, are pleased to invite you to participate in a Joint Masterclass titled – Shaping the Future of Obesity Care.

Join us in Tbilisi, Georgia, 14th March

🌟World Obesity Day Europe Awards Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winner of the @ecpobesity.bsky.social Award for Best Social Media Engagement ➡️ PAS GRAS, a 5-year European-funded research and innovation project,

Learn more about the winners here:  woday.eu/wod-europe-a...

Call for Experts in Nutrition: European Food Environment Delphi Study - EASO European nutrition and dietetics professionals are invited to participate in a Delphi study to support the development of a European Food Environment Healthiness Index, as part of OBCT – a European,…

▶️ Call for Experts in Nutrition: European Food Environment Delphi Study

This Delphi study aims to reach expert consensus on the healthiness of different food outlet types across European contexts.

Register your interest by 16th March

In Obesity Facts, researchers explore how urbanisation may reshape biological pathways linked to cardiometabolic risk.

✔️ Patterns were consistent with increased leptin resistance during rural to urban transition.

Read the full article: DOI: doi.org/10.1159/0005...

🌟World Obesity Day Europe Awards Winners Announced

Congratulations to the joint winners of the @ecpobesity.bsky.social Best Patient or Public Engagement Programme Award: Adipositas Verband Deutschland e.V. 🇩🇪 and SFO 🇮🇸

Learn more about the winners here:  woday.eu/wod-europe-a...

Join Dr Emilia Huvinen, MD, PhD, to learn how obesity affects women across the reproductive life course, highlighting evidence-based, compassionate approaches to fertility, pregnancy, postpartum care, and breastfeeding.

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Lipedema, which has long been misunderstood and often mistaken for obesity or lymphedema and frequently treated as a cosmetic issue, has been recognised as a chronic disease. @medscape

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➡️ Today is World Obesity Day

#WODEurope #WorldObesityDay @ecpobesity.bsky.social #AddressingObesityTogether

Today is #WorldObesityDay! Join us and support our multi-national, multi-stakeholder coalition working to change the #obesity landscape across policy, narrative and practice.

woday.eu

#WODEurope #AddressingObesityTogether @ecpobesity.bsky.social

Today is #WorldObesityDay! Join us and support our multi-national, multi-stakeholder coalition working to change the #obesity landscape across policy, narrative and practice.

woday.eu

#WODEurope #AddressingObesityTogether @ecpobesity.bsky.social

Speaking on behalf of EASO, @EasoPresident in the MEP Interest Group in the EU parliament event discusses the importance of placing obesity at the centre of EU strategy in the healthcare space to address #NCDs #WOD2026 @ObesityDayEU

@JerkovicRomana opens the @MEPObesityGroup high level meeting on @ObesityDayEU, focusing on the complexity of systems driving obesity and importance of managing obesity to address multimorbidity. #NCDs

We look forward to joining MEP Romana Jerković for ➡️Addressing Obesity as a Gateway Disease: Why Europe must act now, on #WODEurope, at the European Parliament in Brussels.

🌟 Thank you to MEP Jerkovic for hosting this important event and to our speakers and delegates.

The ECPO World Obesity Day Europe Awards - World Obesity Day Europe Closing date for entries:  Monday May 5, 2026

@ecpobesity.bsky.social 2026 awards programme for European activities held in conjunction with #WorldObesityDay is now open.

✔️Draw attention to Europe’s best practices
✔️ share learning and experiences
✔️Stimulate the debate

Closing date: 5th May

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Borja Martinez Tellez presents the 2025 EASO Algorithm at the Primary Care Masterclass 🇦🇹 highlighting the importance of tailoring obesity management approaches to the metabolic complications experienced by patients with obesity #EASOed

It's time to change perspectives on #obesity.

This #WorldObesityDay let's correct misconceptions and address stigma!

➡️ Wednesday, March 4 2025

#WODEurope
#AddressingObesityTogether
@ecpobesity.bsky.social

@EasoPresident Volkan Yumuk co- chairs our joint Masterclass for Primary Care.

Great to see colleagues in Primary Care here from across Europe, we have a full house and a full programme here in Vienna 🇦🇹! #EASOed @PCDEurope

#WODEurope is on Wednesday!

Join us and support our multi-stakeholder coalition working together to change the #obesity landscape across policy, narrative, and clinical practice.

#WorldObesityDay
@ecpobesity.bsky.social

✅ It is important to offer support and understanding to people who have obesity. It is a chronic disease.

This #WODEurope, we're driving the conversation to end misconceptions and stigma about obesity and people living with overweight.

☑️ Wednesday, March 4th 2026

@ecpobesity.bsky.social

Designing and Developing Community Obesity Interventions - EASO This webinar examined how community-based obesity interventions can be designed, implemented, and evaluated to support effective and sustainable obesity care. Dr Julia Mueller (University of Cambridge)...

Watch our recorded webinar from the ECN eLearning Hub: Designing and Developing Community Obesity Interventions

In this webinar, Dr Julia Mueller, presents a structured approach to developing complex interventions.

We look forward to welcoming delegates to the EASO, ÖAG & PCD Europe Joint Masterclass: Primary Care at the Frontline: Practical, Patient Centred Obesity Management, Vienna 🇦🇹

#WODEurope #obesitydayeurope #obesitydayeurope

Pediatric Obesity Call for Papers: Primary Childhood Obesity Prevention Submission Deadline: Tuesday, 31 March 2026

WOF Journal Paediatric Obesity has issued a call for papers in Primary Childhood Obesity Prevention

➡️ Submission Deadline: Tuesday, 31 March 2026.

Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Obesity is a disease, not a lifestyle choice.

Managing #obesity as a chronic disease results in significant cost savings to healthcare systems.

✔️ Tuesday, March 4th 2026

#WODEurope #WorldObesityDay #AddressingObesityTogether
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Eating Psychopathology After Metabolic Surgery - EASO This webinar introduced the latest evidence on eating psychopathology after metabolic surgery. Assistant Professor Eva Conceição explored how disordered eating behaviours affect recovery and wellbeing,...

In this ECN eLearning Hub webinar, Asst Prof Eva Conceição explores how disordered eating behaviours affect recovery and wellbeing and the complex links between eating disorders, obesity, and mental health.

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