Obesity

Obesity is a growing concern worldwide. For the first time in modern history, the current generation is expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, simply because of obesity and the associated increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Here you can access a wide range of content dealing with obesity management, metabolic syndrome, childhood obesity and more.

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The True Weight of the Obesity Epidemic: Factors and Implications Teaser Image

The True Weight of the Obesity Epidemic: Factors and Implications

Based on information from the WHO in 2022, 1 in 8 people are living with obesity globally. This global obesity epidemic, or globesity, has become a concern due to its lifelong effects especially in raising the risks for communicable and non-communicable diseases, more specifically in cases that begin in childhood. Given the many factors that may contribute to it, such as the environment, epigenetics, and early life nutrition, the long-term goal is addressing overweight and obesity in the different life stages through different preventive measures.

Nutritional supplementation before and during pregnancy may reduce early childhood obesity risk Teaser Image

Nutritional supplementation before and during pregnancy may reduce early childhood obesity risk

N&G Yearbook 2024 Teaser Image

Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2024

A glimpse behind the curtain: Health economics methods to identify hidden value in healthcare (publications)

A glimpse behind the curtain: Health economics methods to identify hidden value in healthcare

The Gut As an Immune Organ (publications)

The Gut As an Immune Organ

Abstracts from the 33rd ESPEN Congress of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (publications)

Abstracts from the 33rd ESPEN Congress of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism

NNIW11 - Nutritional Management of Diabetes Mellitus and the Dysmetabolic Syndrome (publications)

NNIW11 - Nutritional Management of Diabetes Mellitus and the Dysmetabolic Syndrome

ERAS 2016 Proceeding (publications)

ERAS 2016 Proceeding

Nutrition and Wound Care (publications)

Nutrition and Wound Care

Nutrition Support in Surgical Oncology (publications)

Nutrition Support in Surgical Oncology

NNIW05 - Nutrition and Brain (publications)

NNIW05 - Nutrition and Brain