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: Childhood obesity is a major global and European public health problem. The need for community-targeted actions has long been recognized, however it has been prevented by the lack of monitoring and evaluation framework, and the methodological inability to objectively quantify the local community characteristics in a reasonable timeframe. Recent technological achievements in mobile and wearable electronics and Big Data infrastructures allow the engagement of Europea...

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="...