COMs Webinar: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Ethnicity, Diagnosis, and Treatment Response in Obesity Care

The EASO COMs Network is pleased to announce registration is open for our upcoming collaborative webinar, hosted jointly by EASO and Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO), titled “Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Ethnicity, Diagnosis, and Treatment Response in Obesity Care” on Tuesday, 28 April 2026 (12:30-13:30 Paris / 19:30-20:30 Seoul).

This webinar will explore how ethnicity and population-specific factors influence the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of obesity. Expert speakers will examine differences in diagnostic thresholds, body composition, and metabolic risk across racial and ethnic groups, and discuss how these variations may affect treatment response. The session will highlight why moving beyond one-size-fits-all approaches is essential for delivering equitable, evidence-based obesity care across diverse populations.

Delegates will learn about:

Variations in clinical features and diagnostic criteria of obesity across racial and ethnic groups
The implications of ethnicity-specific differences in body composition and metabolic risk for clinical assessment
How responses to lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions may differ across populations
Psychological, biological and mental health considerations of appetite and affect and how these may influence variability in treatment response
Considerations for delivering more personalised and equitable obesity care in diverse and multicultural settings

Schedule (CET):

12:30–12:35:	Welcome from EASO and KSSO
12:35–12:55:	Differences in Clinical Features and Diagnostic Criteria of Obesity Across Racial and Ethnic Groups – Professor Soo Lim, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
12:55–13:15:	Psychological, Biological, and Mental Health Considerations in Personalised Obesity Care – Professor Jason C. G. Halford, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK
13:15–13:30:	Q&A and close

This webinar will be chaired by Professor Min-Seon Kim (President, University of Ulsan) and Professor Volkan Yumuk, EASO President.

Registration is now open – register for this webinar, here.