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A harsh reality is that adult obesity prevalence is nearing 50%, and very few healthcare providers and ZERO health coaches or personal trainers are formally educated on the science and management of obesity. It is an uphill battle to educate people.

Our new editorial published in Nutrition Bulletin. Role of #FOP labels, both nutrition and environment related. Several hurdles identified. Involvement of #SMEs needed. A #collab with Michiel De Bauw (👍) & Liesbet Vranken in EIT Food funded project #Better. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nb…

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Today is #WorldObesityDay! ▶️ Join the conversation on #ObesityDayEurope - let us know what you are doing to mark the day! ECPO EASO_President Obesity Day Europe OAC Pernille Weiss-Ehler Sara Cerdas @saracerdas.bsky.social IFSO Liesbeth van Rossum @ptmariosilva #obesity

World Obesity Day is time to see the impact this chronic disease has on all aspects of people’s lives. #WorldObesityDay #TimeToChange #EverybodyNeedsToAct #IMISOPHIA @worldobesity Innovative Health Initiative Deirdre McGillicuddy Joe Nadglowski Dr Emma Farrell Eva Hollmann youtu.be/vD0d4MjvC6A

Read the letter ➡️worldobesityday.org/assets/downloa… World Obesity Day

Aujourd'hui, c'est le #ObesityDayEurope. Il est temps de se rappeler qu'en Belgique, nous avons droit à des soins de santé de qualité en cas d'obésité. @SanteBelgique Sciensano VRT NWS Le Soir

On this #WorldObesityDay our center UZ Leuven has been accredited by EASO as a collaborating center for obesity management: we will help fight and prevent this disease! BASO Obesity

Human genetics here is grotesquely underpowered for such a common variant A look up of this variant on publicly available databases shows no association with low adiposity indeed a trend in the opposite direction. This sort of stuff gives human genetics a bad name Cell

This week our clinical unit (UZ Leuven) get full attention. In the context of "week van de diëtist" (VBVD) our dieticians communicate the whole week about #food, #diet and #sport. Some #foodforthought. Follow them on Instagram & Facebook: facebook.com/uzleuvenweet/

Indeed, #ECO2022 was a great edition, with a positive and collaborative spirit! For our phd student Nele Mattelaer a first manifestation, but certainly not the last! Congrats and thanks EASO

Do you care about obesity and its consequences? Join us on february 3rd for ⁦BASO Obesity⁩ besoms meeting

Op wereldobesitasdag 4 maart 2023 vieren wij de eerste verjaardag van het kwaliteitslabel van de obesitaskliniek UZ Leuven. Vergezel ons! Inschrijving: rb.gy/nfs18b Programma: lnkd.in/e34szwKF

Oproep: geen btw op groente en fruit Wij roepen het kabinet daarom op om een voorbeeld te nemen aan landen zoals Spanje, Slowakije en het VK die de invoering van btw-verlaging op groente en fruit recent probleemloos en met resultaat hebben doorgevoerd. amsterdam.nl/nieuws/nieuwso…

Our latest publication: High relative carb intake before LRYGB does not influence the change in body composition or diabetes status after surgery, despite a significantly lower total energy and sugar intake postop. Thanks team ⁦Nutrition & Metabolism Assoc. Diseases@KULeuven⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Are we breaking the poster record of #ECO2023 ? Come and visit our posters of our KULeuven/UZLeuven research group! Hope to meet a lot of you! EASO Early Career Network EASO NeleSteenackers KU Leuven UZ Leuven Nutrition & Metabolism Assoc. Diseases@KULeuven Roman Vangoitsenhoven Sophie Pazmino BASO Obesity

Happy to have presented my PhD research at EASO Early Career Network best thesis session together with Jens Lund and @stinson_SE! And a bit proud to have received the best thesis award at #ECO2023

Great session on post-bariatric hypoglycemia by Roman Vangoitsenhoven at #ECO2023 EASO

Diabetes Technology in the Hospital: An Update rdcu.be/dKNW6 The potential to improve glycemic control and reduced nursing workload, but implementation factors such as cost and staff training must also be overcome.

The circulating and central endocannabinoid system in obesity and weight loss rdcu.be/dKNYw Uncertain that circulating endocannabinoids are upregulated in individuals with obesity... we need more studies in pharmacologically and surgically induced weight loss!