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ECO2024 REGISTRATION IS OPEN
The 31st European Congress on Obesity takes place from 12-15 May 2024 in Venice, Italy. Mark your calendar for the premier obesity event in Europe.
Programme details have now been published online; visit the website for full details.
We look forward to hosting you in Venice!
EASO — NOVO NORDISK FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE PRIZE AND AWARD WINNERS
EASO congratulates winners of the EASO – Novo Nordisk Foundation Obesity Prize for Excellence and New Investigator Award winners
- Professor Antje Körne has been named recipient of the Obesity Prize for Excellence
- Birgitta van der Kolk has been awarded the New Investigator Award in Basic Science
- Borja Martinez Tellez has been awarded the New Investigator Award in Clinical Research
- Laura Gray has been awarded the New Investigator Award in Public Health
- Andrew Agbaje has been awarded the New Investigator Award in Childhood Obesity
Join us for these lectures, presentations and awards at #ECO2024!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Menopause & Obesity: Strategies for Care and Management
featuring Dr Andreea Ciudin, Co-Chair of the EASO Obesity Management Working Group.
Tuesday, 30th April 2024
11:30am-12:30pm UK / 12:30-1:30pm Paris
Early Career Network Webinar: Publishing Research in Obesity
Journals featuring Professor David Stensel, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Obesity (IJO)
TODAY, Tuesday 16th April 2024
4-5 pm UK / 5-6 pm Paris
ECO2024 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME AVAILABLE ONLINE
Sessions not to miss at ECO2024
Sunday, 12th May
- EASO Childhood Obesity Working Group 09:30-12:20
- EASO Psychology, Behaviour & Mental Health Working Group We Are Not Equipped to Deal With That’: Overcoming barriers to treatment for people living with obesity and mental illness 09:30-12:20
- Obesity Prize for Excellence Session: 17:45-18:45
Monday, 13th May
- 2023 EASO New Investigator Awards Update Session 11:45-13:15
- EASO Early Career Network Best Thesis Award Session 17:00-18:30
- SWEET Symposium 17:00-18:30
Tuesday, 14th May
- T4 Abstract Session: News in Obesity Management Medications 11:45-13:15
- EASO/IFSO-EC Joint SymposiumPresent and future of bariatric/metabolic surgery in Europe 13:45-15:15
- 2024 EASO New Investigator Awards Session 17:00-18:30
Wednesday, 15th May
- Plenary Lecture: Obesity and Cancer 08:30-09:15
- Closing Plenary Session: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis, Management and Research of Obesity 13:00-13:45
Click here to view the scientific programme
GET READY FOR ECO2024
As we approach ECO 2024, we have developed a conference toolkit infographic, which may help ECN colleagues get more out of the Congress.
Download the Conference Toolkit Infographic here.
Start planning now to identify which sessions you will attend at #ECO2024
EASO NEWS
Royal Society Publishes 2-Part Series on Obesity
Philosophical Transactions B: Causes of obesity: theories, conjectures and evidence. Read both parts here.
Person First Language Guide: Addressing Weight Bias
EASO promotes person-first language and non-stigmatising images in all obesity-related written and verbal communications.
Member News: Iceland
The working group report defines goals along with proposals for actions with a focus on promoting public health and reducing the negative health consequences of obesity without causing harm.
Meet Our Paediatric COMs: Introducing Child and Adolescent Obesity Service, Children’s Health Ireland
Read about the education and training activities that this COM provides.
Meet Our Affiliate COMs: Introducing Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Médicas Y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
Read about the specific obesity treatments and services this multidisciplinary COM offers.
Meet Our Adult COMs: Vall Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Dr Andreea Ciudin’s COM is actively engaged in both local and national research projects focusing on complications of obesity.
INTRODUCING NEW ECN BOARD MEMBERS
Introducing Georgia Colleluori, PhD, Assistant Professor of Human Anatomy to the ECN Board
Her past work has been focused on adipocytes biology and on the effect of sex hormones and lifestyle therapy on adipose tissues in subjects with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Currently, she studies the crosstalk between hypothalamic nuclei regulating the energy balance and adipose tissues during early life, in conditions of obesity and metabolic diseases.
Introducing Emil Hidayatli, MD, PG CertOCM to the ECN Board
He has been a practicing Obesity Care Specialist and clinical nutrition expert within a private medical center in Baku, Azerbaijan for more than 10 years and has a great passion for addressing obesity.
UPCOMING EVENTS
European Hormone Day 2024
24 April 2024
Following successful events in 2022 and 2023, European Hormone Day will be back on 24 April 2024. This event brings together the endocrine community to raise awareness of the importance of good hormone health.
29th WONCA Europe Conference
25-28 Sept. 2024 in Dublin, Ireland
Abstract submission is now open. The Scientific Committee encourages submissions for consideration in the WONCA programme.
Deadline for abstract submission is 30 March
EndoBridge 2024
17-20 Oct 2024 in Antalya, Turkiye
Clinical Case Submission Deadline:
23 Aug 2024
OBESITY FACTS JOURNAL
Read the latest edition of OBESITY FACTS Journal
Volume 17, Issue 1, online first articles are all available open access.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
EU PROJECTS
STAGE: Staying Healthy Through Ageing
Stage focuses on the study of healthy ageing. The project brings together experts to investigate ageing and multi-morbidity—the presence of multiple long-term health conditions—using extensive health data collected over lifetimes.
The key aim of the project is to understand how to prevent these complex health issues.
Follow the new EU Project on Twitter and LinkedIn
SWEET PROJECT
The EU SWEET project concluded after 5 years, with 45 members from 29 organizations sharing groundbreaking findings on the impact of sweeteners and enhancers.
Register to receive info on SWEET Project findings:
BIO-STREAMS
Introducing Bio-Streams: Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in the EU
Bio-Streams, a new Horizon Europe Research and Innovation project designed to address the growing epidemic of underage obesity in the European Union, is excited to announce its official launch.
This groundbreaking project combines data-driven research, prevention measures and community participation to provide a holistic approach to reducing obesity rates among children and adolescents.
INTERACT EUROPE
Obesity is a chronic relapsing disease that acts as a gateway to other NCDs and is linked with an increased risk of developing breast, ovary, liver and colon cancer.
EASO is pleased to support the European Cancer Organisation-led Interact Europe project, which brings together 33 partners from 17 countries to develop a patient-centred European inter-specialty cancer training programme.
PREVENT EU
Proactive Strategies for Addressing Childhood Obesity and reducing Future Cancer Risks
EASO is delighted to partner with the European Health Management Association in a new project, PREVENT — improving and upscaling primary prevention of cancer by addressing childhood obesity through implementation research.
TIMESPAN
EASO is pleased to support this 5 year EU funded H2020 initiative. TIMESPAN, led by scientific coordinator Professor Henrik Larsson (Örebro University), includes 17 partners from across academia, industry, and patient advocacy communities, and aims to foster improvement in clinical management of adults living with with ADHD and co-occurring cardiometabolic disease, including obesity.
