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We are the European Coalition for People living with Obesity. A Patient led Organisation working with stakeholders to improve the lives of people with Obesity.
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The new EASO publication in Nature Medicine proposes a framework for diagnosing, staging & managing adult obesity. Prof. Luca Busetto highlights the need for comprehensive clinical evaluations beyond BMI. easo.org/professor-luca…
"It depends are you talking about prevention or treatment which is very different. Children & Adolescents NEED treatment. We need to up our game in Ireland to help our children" Thank you Dr Orla Walsh this needs to be shouted from the rooftops, dont forget treatment!
EASOobesity recently led a taxonomy initiative to provide standardised language for obesity from policy to practice for other major non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Read insights as presented in International J Obesity @EASOpresident nature.com/articles/s4136…
🔴 By 2025, global obesity prevalence is projected to reach 18% in men 🧑 and 21% in women 👩🦱 ➡️ Our position paper with World Heart Federation explores the key trends and predictions for the prevalence of #obesity and #CVD. 🔗 bit.ly/3THvOZa
It was our pleasure to have Diana Castillo 🇨🇴🇮🇹 and Andrew Healing attending this session at #ECO2024, where they were given the opportunity to answer some questions to an audience of the EASO Early Career Network. Joining such sessions means we are truly #AddressingObesityTogether!
Do we need to rebrand Obesity? Or do we need to continue to raise awareness and understanding of the definition of obesity : a chronic relapsing disease? What will challenge stigma best? Great piece from Re:solve Global Health Jason C G Halford Ximena Ramos Salas Luca Busetto Susie B