APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE 2024 ECN WINTER SCHOOL
Hot Topics in Obesity
Application Deadline: 6th September
➡️ 14-16th November, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
The 2024 programme will focus on ‘Hot Topics in Obesity’, with sessions addressing key issues in research, treatment, and public health. Teaching will be interactive and delivered by European experts and include both lectures and practical training.
- EASO will offer 40 places for this prestigious course. Therefore, it is important that you provide as much information as possible in your submission, as over 100 applications are usually received for the 40 places.
- There is no registration fee, and EASO will provide hotel accommodation and all meals for successful applicants. However, the participant must cover all travel costs.
Learn more and apply here for ECN Winter School
Highlights of EASO ECN Activities at ECO2024
In collaboration with early-career representatives from Societa Italiana dell’ Obesita (SIO), the Italian Society of Obesity, the ECN Board hosted a range of networking activities aimed at supporting early-career students, researchers and other professionals interested in the field of obesity.
Join EASO ECN!
The ECN is a community for students and early career professionals interested in obesity to collaborate, learn together and share experiences. The EASO ECN is free to join, and members benefit from:
- Education and training opportunities, including annual residential courses
- The opportunity to apply to annual early career awards
- Monthly eLearning Hub online events to support career development
Meet Paige Crompvoets, EASO ECN member from The Netherlands
Learn more about Paige’s project of improving the healthcare experiences of patients living with obesity.
IMPORTANT NEW PAPERS
A new framework for the diagnosis, staging and management of obesity in adults
The European Association for the Study of Obesity has published an important new paper in Nature Medicine outlining an updated framework on the diagnosis, staging, and management of obesity in adults, emphasising understanding obesity as an adiposity-based chronic disease. The framework focuses on comprehensive, personalized evaluation and management strategies with the objective of improving health.
- A new framework for the diagnosis, staging and management of obesity in adults
- Professor Luca Busetto responds to the new EASO publication in Nature Medicine
- Professor Gijs Goossens comments on the new publication in Nature Medicine
Providing a common language for obesity: The EASO Obesity Taxonomy
Words matter and accurate framing and consistent terminology use is vital for ensuring accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, consistent research, clear communication, informed policy-making, and overall improved patient outcomes.
Language use aligns the efforts of stakeholders towards a common goal, leading to a more coordinated and effective approach to managing obesity appropriately (as an NCD – a chronic relapsing disease).
EASO COMs
Meet our Paediatric COMs
We are pleased to introduce Prof. Dr. Daniel Weghuber, COMs Lead at the Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University in Austria. Prof. Dr. Weghuber and his multidisciplinary team are at the forefront of paediatric obesity treatment and research, significantly impacting both clinical practice and scientific understanding of obesity in children and adolescents.
Meet our Adult COMs
We are delighted to introduce Prof. Barbara Ukropcova, lead of the Biomedical Research Center Slovak Academy of Sciences, a COM specialising in adult obesity management in Slovakia.
As well as delivering comprehensive obesity management to patients, this COM conducts biomedical research with a translational component, bringing novel observations to clinical practice and direct benefits for patients by aiming to improve standard care.
Meet Paediatric COMs network Co-Chair: Professor Melania Manco
I would like to facilitate the sharing of best practices among the EASO COMs, particularly practices that address the whole person within their social environment, focus on improving quality of life, and ensure comprehensive and holistic care. Recognizing obesity as a disease in young people is a crucial goal that still requires significant effort. Ensuring that young patients have access to effective treatments, including anti-obesity medications when lifestyle interventions fail, is fundamental to reducing the global burden of obesity.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SAVE THE DATE!
EASO COMs Summit 2024
27-28th November, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Participation in the COMs Summit is open to multidisciplinary team members working within accredited adult, paediatric, and affiliated EASO COMs across Europe and globally.
SAVE THE DATE!
ObesityWeek® 2024 – Innovative Science to Transformational Care
3-6 November, San Antonio, Texas
Early-bird registration unit 5th August!
ICOMES 2024 – International Congress on Obesity and MEtabolic Syndrome
5-7 Sept 2024 in Seoul, Korea
29th WONCA Europe Conference
25-28 Sept. 2024 in Dublin, Ireland
ECOG2024 CONGRESS
8-10 Oct 2024 in Ghent, Belgium
38th ECNP Congress
11-14 October 2024, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EndoBridge 2024
17-20 Oct 2024 in Antalya, Turkiye
Clinical Case Submission Deadline:
23 Aug 2024
European Public Health Conference
12-15 Nov 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal
The theme of the 2024 EPH conference is Sailing the waves of European public health: Exploring a sea of innovation.
OBESITY FACTS JOURNAL
Read the latest edition of OBESITY FACTS Journal
Obesity Facts 2024, Vol. 17, No 3
32ND EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON OBESITY
Save the Date
The 32nd European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) will take place 11-14 May 2025 in Malaga, Spain – save the dates!
We look forward to hosting you in Malaga!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
EU PROJECTS
EASO plays a pivotal role as a dissemination partner and in shaping the strategic direction and policy development within various EU- funded research projects, including Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe initiatives.
