ESPE Abstracts

Background: Obesity represents one of the most challenging public health problems of the 21st century. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is a need to create reliable monitoring and behavioral systems, and to investigate their effectiveness in preventing childhood obesity.Objective: To evaluate a range of novel technologies for collecting photographs, information regarding physical activity and geogr...

Background: Obesity represents one of the most challenging public health problems of our century. According to the World Health Organization, there is a need to create reliable monitoring and behavioral systems, and to investigate their effectiveness in preventing childhood obesity.Objective: To evaluate the BigO behavioral indicators in a pediatric population in Greece.Methodology: The study was c...

Background: Since December 2019, the world has witnessed a global pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19), which has led to lifestyle changes as a result of Public Health Regulations and Guidelines introduced by governments worldwide.Objective: To determine the body mass index (BMI) trajectory in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity with respect to the COVID-19 outbreak in Greece.<p class="a...

Background: Obesity in childhood and adolescence represents one of the most important public health problems. Over the last decade, the widespread use of personal digital technologies, such as smart mobiles and accelerometers, create new possibilities for collecting bevavioral data objectively.Objective: To evaluate the body mass index (BMI) trajectory after at least one month’s use of the BigO system.<p class="...

Introduction: Physical examination remains the cornerstone of medical practice. However, its importance has been underestimated during COVID-19 pandemic because of concerns related to exposure risk and use of personal protective equipment. Solitary median maxillary central incisor (SMMCI) may be an isolated clinical trait or associated with other anomalies and endocrine pathologies including hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, isolated growth hormone (GH) deficie...

Introduction: Pubertal suppression with gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue is introduced after the onset of puberty in adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD). As puberty is a critical period for bone accrual and changes in body composition, alterations in body composition and bone mass may be observed during treatment.Methods: Thirty-eight adolescents (32/38 assigned females at birth) with GD had dual energy...

Objectives: Celiac disease (CD) is a life-long inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that affects genetically susceptible individuals and is associated with several autoimmune diseases. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of coexistent autoimmune endocrine disorders in children and adolescents diagnosed with CD.Patients and Methods: Children diagnosed with CD in the Paediatric Gastroenterolog...

Background: Kisspeptin (encoded by the KISS1 gene in humans), originally described as a puberty onset regulating neuropeptide, is involved in many homeostatic systems, including nutrition status, glucose homeostasis, locomotor activity, etc. Thus, in today’s obesity epidemic, kisspeptin is gaining increasing interest as a research target.Aim: To construct an updated interactome of genetic determinants of obesity, including the kisspeptin si...

Background: Spexin is a novel hormone that may potentially impact food intake, weight regulation and body adiposity. Circulating spexin has been associated with obesity and insulin resistance indices in women.Objective: The aim of this study was to determine serum spexin concentrations in adolescent females with metabolic syndrome, with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), with anorexia nervosa as well as in healthy controls, and explore possible relationsh...

Background: Translational research has provided evidence of autonomic nervous system (ANS) interactions with cytokines and gut hormones. In the gastrointestinal track, the crosstalk of the stimulated vagus nerve with immune cells enhances the cholinergic tone. In obesity, on the other hand, hyperinsulinemia and hyperleptinemia induce ANS activation.Aim: To synthesize literature results exploring links among the autonomic nervous system, gut hormones, imm...