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Happening today! Our webinar on AI and Obesity Prevention is going to start at 11:00 am CEST Discover how AI technology is revolutionising the healthcare industry as OBEClust for predicting and treating obesity. #OBEClust #HorizonEu #HaDEA #obesityresearch

Join us for a webinar on AI and Obesity Prevention! We will delve into AI tools for predicting, grading, and treating cardiometabolic disorders, childhood obesity interventions, and personalised insights from multimodal data. REGISTER NOW: lnkd.in/dRgvtVhT

We have exciting news! Our first webinar as part of OBEClust is approaching, and we want you to meet the amazing speakers who will participate in this conversation about "AI and Obesity Prevention: Leveraging Technology to Address Obesity" #OBEClust #HorizonEu #HaDEA

Join us in our upcoming free webinar, "AI and Obesity Prevention: Leveraging Technology to Address Obesity" Organised by OBEClust, a collaborative cluster we are proudly part of. REGISTER NOW: lnkd.in/gMqKqfAN #ObesityPrevention #OBEClust #HaDEA #HorizonEu

Read the full press release here: obeliskproject.eu/news-events/eu…

EU-funded projects launch collaboration to address the obesity crisis in Europe. OBEClust aims to strengthen research collaboration, align methodologies and outputs to drive effective interventions and inform policy for long-term impact. Find out more in the first comment.

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Meet the team from the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), an Obelisk Project partner contributing to Work Packages 3 and 4. The DIfE investigates the influence of nutrition on health and makes scientific knowledge usable for prevention and therapy.

In our first Obelisk podcast, we explored: - The current state of childhood obesity. - Contributing factors. - Long-term health consequences and the urgent need for multifaceted prevention strategies. You can find a summary of the podcast here: lnkd.in/ewqqTS28

📢 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Position in Obesity and Diabetes Research The research aligns with efforts to identify new regulators in the development of human obesity as part of the Obelisk Work Package 4 (WP4). For more information visit: lnkd.in/gVNXZue2

New research from Obelisk's partners at @lunduniversity highlights the importance of maternal health, particularly pre-pregnancy BMI, in influencing a child's obesity risk. To learn more about the findings of the study, visit our webpage linked in the first comment below.

Listen and watch the full episode here: obeliskproject.eu/resources/

Episode 2 of the Obelisk Podcast is out now! In this episode, we had an insightful conversation with Kate Wall Nutritionist and Anita Morandi about the affordability of healthy food. You can listen to the full conversation at the link in the first comment below.

Our research partner, Mavis Boateng from the @UniOulu , is presenting a poster on her work titled "Early Variations in Body Mass Index Trajectories and Metabolic Syndrome" at the EarlyCareer Network Winter School in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, from TODAY to November 6th.

Source Reference: Pediatrics Nationwide: The Impact of Weight Stigma on Children with Obesity, September 23, 2024.

Weight stigma represents a serious societal issue that devalues individuals with overweight or obesity. Stereotypes erroneously label people with obesity as lazy or unmotivated. The Obelisk project considers that obesity is a complex disease driven by various factors.

🌟 Exciting news! We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Marthe Smedinga as a new researcher at the Technical University of Munich. Marthe will lead Work Package 2 of the Obelisk Project with Dr Stuart McLennan, Prof Alena Buyx, and Dr Amelia Fiske.