The EASO COMs Network warmly invites you to join our next community webinar, exploring “Physical Activity in Obesity Management for Health, Function and Quality of Life” on Tuesday 31st March 2026, 12:30-13:30 CET.
Experts will examine the role of physical activity and exercise within comprehensive, person-centred obesity care – moving beyond weight-focused outcomes to prioritise health, function and quality of life.
Delegates will learn about:
- The limited additional impact of exercise on body weight
- The important additional impact of exercise on other outcomes such as body composition, fitness, cardiometabolic health
- Designing person-centred exercise programmes that prioritise health and quality of life
- Integrating structured exercise into multidisciplinary obesity care
Schedule (CET):
| 12:30-12:35: | Welcome from EASO |
| 12:35-12:50: | Physical Activity and Obesity: Evidence Beyond Weight Loss – Professor Jean-Michel Oppert (Co-chair of the EASO Physical Activity, Fitness and Function Working Group; Service de Nutrition, Department of Nutrition AP-HP; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France) |
| 2:50-13:05: | Embedding Exercise into COMs Care Pathways – Dr Francesca Battista, (Member of the EASO Physical Activity, Fitness and Function Working Group; Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy) |
| 13:05-13:30: | Q&A and Closing Discussion |
We encourage all COMs healthcare professionals and multidisciplinary team members to join the discussion and share experiences from their own clinical pathways.
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