September 2022
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FEATURED EVENTS
▶️ Is Value-Based Healthcare the Most Innovative Financing Mechanism for Addressing Obesity?
Join Michelle Cecchini, Giovanni Gorgoni, and Prof. Dr. Simten Malhan discuss the following topics:
  • What is the concept of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC)? And why should it matter to obesity policy advocates?
  • What are the barriers we need to address?
  • From theory to practice: how can the concept of VBHC be leveraged at territorial, national and transnational levels?
  • How can these concepts be useful for policymakers?
▶️ COMs SUMMIT AND BEST OF #ECO2022 🇹🇷
27th - 30th September, Istanbul

EASO Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management (COMs) members are eligible to participate with no registration fee.

Register by 25th September
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
▶️ EARLY CAREER WINTER SCHOOL - HOT TOPICS IN OBESITY 🇪🇸
1st - 3rd December 2022
Seville, Spain 

Applications to participate in the ECN Winter School are now open. ▶️ We anticipate a competitive application process for the 30 places available.

▶️ APPLY BY 5TH OCTOBER

Join the Network now to be eligible to apply
Vilasini Bhaskaran, reflects on her experience at the EASO Masterclass Series in Annecy.

"It was very inspiring to see lots of intellectual minds working towards a common cause with such a passion."
EASO Early Career Network board member Niamh Arthurs encourages Early Career Scientists interested in obesity to join ECN and apply to the upcoming ECN Winter School in Seville, Spain from 1-3 December 2022.
▶️ ASCEND IN BARCELONA: TRAINING OPPORTUNITY 🇪🇸
3 - 7 October 2022

Apply to join an upcoming training in obesity management with the team from the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

The ASCEND Global Obesity Training Centre Programme educates health-care professionals in Spain who wish to develop the knowledge and skills required to establish and operate a specialist multidisciplinary obesity treatment centre. Team members are encouraged to apply together. The training will be held in Spanish.
▶️ OBESITYWEEK® 2022 🇺🇸
1-4 NOVEMBER 2022

Register to join ObesityWeek in San Diego, California or virtually. All delegates will receive two months of access to session recordings.
▶️ NORDIC OBESITY MEETING IN COPENHAGEN 🇩🇰
17-19 NOVEMBER 2022

EASO is delighted to endorse and support the 2022 Nordic Obesity Meeting, hosted by the Danish Association for the Study on Obesity (DSAF). The conference brings together medical doctors, dieticians and other health care professionals alongside obesity researchers across focus areas. 

The meeting will provide an opportunity for early career investigators to present their research findings. 
EASO SPOTLIGHT
▶️ LAUNCH OF THE EASO E-LEARNING HUB
▶️ Are you engaged in obesity-related science, research or health?
▶️ Eager to learn from leading professionals and experts?
▶️ Excited by the prospect of further education and training opportunities for building your skills, knowledge and network?

▶️ Launching in October 2022 - the EASO E-Learning Hub

Participation is free for members of the EASO Early Career Network
▶️ COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANT: PFIZER
RFP - Applications due 22nd September

Pfizer announced an Independent Medical Grant intended to increase the understanding of the impact of underlying medical conditions and other risk factors in people who are at increased risk of developing severe outcomes from COVID-19.
OBESITY FACTS JOURNAL
Read the latest edition of OBESITY FACTS, THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Volume 15, Issue 4, is available with online first articles, all open access.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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EU PROJECTS
PROTEIN PROJECT
Learn more about the PROTEIN Project.

PROTEIN PeRsOnalized nutriTion for hEalthy livINg provides personalized nutrition and physical activity support technology to help people make healthier choices based on their own unique needs and preferences.

Discover the nutrition and physical activity European project.
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. 

SWEET PROJECT
SWEET, a European Commission Horizon 2020 funded project, is supported by a consortium of 29 pan-European research, consumer and industry partners, who are in the process of reviewing and developing evidence on long term benefits and potential risks involved in switching over to sweeteners and sweetness enhancers (S&SEs) in the context of public health and safety, obesity, and sustainability. 
▶️ Sweeteners in the News

There has been significant controversy around alternate sweeteners in the news in recent weeks. It is encouraging to see research focused on both specific sweeteners and sweetener combinations - and to see colleagues across the global research community debating potential health benefits and challenges of sweetener use.
▶️ AI-based smartphone App PROTEIN for personalized nutrition and healthy living

Users’ perspectives about health-related behaviour change interventions via mobile apps are vital in better bridging the gap between design intention and effective practical usage.
30th EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON OBESITY
▶️ Save the Date

The 30th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2023) will take place 17-20 May 2023 in Dublin, Ireland, save the dates! 🇮🇪

Thank you for joining ZoomForward 2022, the 29th annual European Congress on Obesity in Maastricht 4-7 May 2022, held jointly with IFSO-EC.

We look forward to hosting you in Dublin
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING EASO