Webinar: Understanding the Psychological Basis of Obesity: 23 January 2025

Webinar: Understanding the Psychological Basis of Obesity: 23 January 2025

EASO is pleased to share this forthcoming webinar "Understanding the Psychological Basis of Obesity" which takes place Thursday, 23rd January 2025 (12:00 - 1:00 pm UK time /GMT.

During this webinar, presenters will discuss findings from an ESRC-funded project which examined the role of psychological well-being in explaining: 

  1. The development of overweight and obesity in adolescence, progression of overweight into severe obesity in adulthood, and the reversal of overweight and obesity in adolescence and adulthood; and 
  2. The development of obesity-related physical health outcomes in adulthood.

The webinar will showcase findings from analyses using large-scale longitudinal datasets, including UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies‘ British birth cohort studies (National Child Development Study, British Cohort Study, Millennium Cohort Study), English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, and the U.S. Health and Retirement Study

Register for the hour long webinar here: https://bit.ly/webinar_obesity