MARCH 04🗓️✅ WORLD OBESITY DAY Changing the way obesity is diagnosed, treated and perceived by society means reducing the impact of the disease and helps improve people's quality of life. #AddressingObesityTogether ECPO EASO #WODayEu #WorldObesityDay

#ECO2024, the 31st European Congress on Obesity, will be held in Venice, Italy, between the 12th and 15th of May 2024. Programme details have now been published online; visit the website for full details eco2024.org

The #ICO2024 Awards submission deadline is tomorrow, Friday 23 February. 📢 Don’t miss out on this excellent opportunity to attend #ICO2024. 👀 The prestigious awards include: 🔹Willendorf Award 🔹 Wertheimer Award 🔹 William Philip T James Award 🔹 Emerging Leader Award

Learn the facts about #obesity in Europe. By sharing stories, people with obesity can support others affected by the disease. Join us on #WODEurope - a day of global advocacy and let's change the narrative. #AddressingObesityTogether cdn.easo.org/wp-content/upl…

A webinar focusing on obesity and women’s health takes place on 27th February 2024 from 12:00 – 13:30 GMT. The webinar will explore the impact of obesity during the women's lifespan, including on pregnancy, fertility and menopause. Register 📝 ow.ly/TQo950QFeQK

What is imagination? How does it work and where does it come from? 🧠 These are some of the questions that a neuroscientist from the University will be attempting to answer at an upcoming talk The Hive Find out more 🔗 ow.ly/Iwf650QJqYo SSE Worcester #WorcesterUni

Good diets in the early years creates the foundation for a lifetime of good health. The new Obesity Health Alliance - Account Inactive joint position ‘Healthy Early Years Diets’, outlines the steps government can take to ensure babies and young children #GrowUpHealthy ➡️ ow.ly/jkow50QJpf9

Registration for the 29th annual WONCA Europe conference is now open. This year's conference is 25-28 Sept, and will take place in Dublin, Ireland. Check out the full programme and event information here:👇woncaeurope2024.org/registration #Obesity #woncaeurope2024

Today is University Mental Health Day. A great way to help one maintain mental health is a diet full of a variety of nutrients as well as essential fatty acids, like the polyunsaturated fatty acids we are observing in our study & by moving the body often. #mentalhealth #diet

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) which recommends against the use of NSS to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). ➡️ Read more: worldobesity.org/news/new-who-g…

Take advantage of our bird registration for #UKCO2024 ! The congress, held in Oxford, 24th - 25th September, promises a packed programme of engaging plenaries, informative symposia and research updates. Register now ➡️ aso.org.uk/ukco

The wonders of chemistry & biology, extraction of fatty acids from their blood cell components 🙌🏼💉🩸⚗️ Here’s the before & after centrifugation of fatty acids extracted from their plasma & red blood cells components. #theindicostudy #fattyacids #dietaryfats #phdresearch

A component of the study is dietary fat. Today’s task is entering the food diaries from the Pilot Study. This info will be used to identify food sources of n-3 & n-6 fatty acids that are detected in the participant’s blood cell membranes using GC-FID. #theindicostudy #dietaryfat

It’s nice to see things coming together after so much time & effort. Getting the final bits & pieces together to recruit participants & launch the study later this year. What do you think? #theindicostudy #phd #research #PUFAs #omega3 #uowdoctoralschool #uowbrg #uowbiosci

Very excited to kicking off three wonderful days at the Rank Prize Nutrition Low Carbohydrate Diets Symposium in Ullswater. Beautiful setting to discuss a great topic! The InDiCo Study @UoW_BRG University of Worcester UW Biological And Forensic Sciences @WorcesterDS

Last day at the Rank Prize conference. Had the honour of presenting my research yesterday. Such a great experience! Lots of connections, research & work. Looking forward to keeping in touch with fellow ECR & launching my study this Autumn. The InDiCo Study @UoW_BRG UW Biological And Forensic Sciences

Had a wonderful experience at today’s #ECR event for #UKCO2024 today. Really looking forward to the next two days of the conference. #research #obesity

Excited 🙌🏼 Let’s go! Looking forward to the wide range of researchers and clinicians to meet and learn from. #obesity #UKCO2024 #phd #research