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ECO 2018

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Last updated:23rd May 2018
Published:23rd May 2018
Source: Pharmawand

 

ECO2018, the 25th European Congress on Obesity, will take place in Vienna, Austria from 23-26 May 2018.

The year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO2018) in the majestic city of Vienna, Austria, will feature the latest research, clinical approaches and perspectives on obesity from a wide range of fields. Issues covered will include:

  • Childhood obesity
  • New aspects on metabolic control
  • Behavioural and lifestyle interventions
  • Food addiction
  • Behaviour change
  • New research on obesity (bariatric) surgery
  • Stigma and discrimination
  • The role of gut microbiota
  • Obesity and cancer
  • Obesity surgery
  • Obesity and puberty
  • Experts from around the world will present abstracts and deliver symposia on these and other themes.

There will be a series of press conferences to showcase the items most of interest to the media, and press releases issued throughout the congress.  A staffed media centre will be available on site to help journalists with their queries and interview requests.

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