ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Stroke 2018;49:579-585Height is regulated by interplay of several factors, including genetic background, intra- and extra-uterine environment, nutrition, and others. Adult height has been inversely related with stroke risk [34] and coronary artery disease [35]...

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med 2018;378:1302-1312.While it is well known that being overweight in childhood and early adulthood is linked to a higher risk of T2DM later in life, the question arises as to whether diabetes risk would change if overweight children lose weight. This large-scale longitudinal study demonstrated that men who had remission of overweight between ages 7 and 13 yea...

Brief Summary: The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) initiated this online Delphi study. They invited an expert panel of n=194 stakeholders, including policymakers, healthcare professionals, people living with obesity, and researchers from 30 countries to evaluate proposed statements on obesity to create a standardised language. Based on the understanding of obesity as an adiposity-based chronic disease, consensus was achieved on 54 statements categorized in...